Venom Wiki
Àwòrán kátúùnù Green weaver ant
Nọ́. 1034 nínú 1 402

Green weaver ant

Oecophylla smaragdina
Nípa orúkọ náà: The genus name Oecophylla comes from Greek and means "leaf-house". The species name smaragdina is Latin for "emerald", after the greenish-brown queens.1
AláìléwuKò léwu fún ènìyàn. Kò sí ohun tó yẹ kí ó dààmú ọ.
Èèrà Ó ń fọ́n tàbí tuOúnjẹ rẹ̀: Kòkòrò
Ewu fún ènìyàn: Fúyẹ́Bí ìtani oyin tàbí kò tó bẹ́ẹ̀. Kò fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ léwu fún ènìyàn.

The green weaver ant is a tree-dwelling ant that builds its nests by stitching leaves together with silk. It lives in the warm, wet forests of tropical Asia and northern Australia. It has a painful bite and can spray irritant chemicals, so it is best watched from a distance.1

Ó ń gbé ní
Tropical Asia, from India through Indonesia and the Philippines, and Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia1
Éṣíà, Ọsirélíà àti Òṣéáníà
Ilé
It is arboreal, so it lives in the leaves of trees in humid tropical regions. Colonies can have several nests in one tree or spread across neighbouring trees. People may meet it in fruit and nut trees, and on crops such as coconut, cocoa, coffee and citrus.1
Gígùn
5 mm sí 2.5 cm (0.2 in sí 1 in)1
Ìyára gíga jùlọ
nǹkan bí 0.16 km/h (0.1 mph)
Lórí ilẹ̀, àfojúbù
Kí ni ó máa ń jẹ?
It feeds on insects and other invertebrates, mainly beetles, flies and hymenopterans. It also tends aphids and scale insects to feed on the honeydew they produce.1
Ní tòótọ́!Fọ́tò Green weaver ant
Green weaver ant. Fọ́tò: Geoff Shuetrim. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀

  • Workers and major workers are mostly orange.1
  • Workers are 5–7 mm long.1
  • Major workers are 8–10 mm long, with long, strong legs and large mandibles.1
  • Queens are 20–25 mm long and normally greenish-brown.1
  • Nests are made of leaves stitched together with silk, often high in the canopy.1

Agbára oró

Ó ń fọ́n tàbí tu

Ó ń fọ́n tàbí tu omi tó ń ta ni sí àwọn tó bá kọlù ú.

Kí ni oró rẹ̀ máa ń ṣe?

The ant does not sting. Its bite is painful, and it can also secrete irritant chemicals from its abdomen.1

Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?

Ewu fún ènìyàn: Fúyẹ́Bí ìtani oyin tàbí kò tó bẹ́ẹ̀. Kò fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ léwu fún ènìyàn.

The ants are aggressive towards people. In Sri Lanka, protecting coffee crops with these ants was abandoned because picking the crop proved too painful.1

Kí ni ó máa ń ṣe nígbà tí ẹ̀rù bá bà á?

When threatened, workers gather in local clusters against intruders, and if the threat continues, the colony mobilises in larger numbers.1

Bí ó bá fọ́n omi sí ọ

  • Fọ ibi tí ó ti ta ni, kí o sì tù ú.
  • Bí ẹni náà bá ń mí pẹ̀lú ìṣòro, tí ojú tàbí ọ̀fun rẹ̀ wú, tàbí tí ó ń fẹ́ dákú, pàjáwìrì àléjì ni: pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ.

Máa kọ́kọ́ pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ nígbà gbogbo (112, 000, 911). Èyí jẹ́ ìtọ́sọ́nà ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́ gbogbogbò, kì í ṣe ìmọ̀ràn ìṣègùn. Ìpìlẹ̀ ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́

Wà láìléwu

  • Má ṣe fọwọ́ kan, mú tàbí yọ ẹranko igbó lẹ́nu láéláé, kódà bí ó bá kéré, kódà bí ó bá dà bí ẹni pé ó ń sùn tàbí ó ti kú.
  • Fún un ní àyè. Bí o bá pàdé ọ̀kan, farabalẹ̀, sẹ́yìn díẹ̀díẹ̀ kí o sì jẹ́ kí ó máa bá ọ̀nà rẹ̀ lọ.
  • Bí ọ̀kan bá fọ́n omi sí ọ: farabalẹ̀, má ṣe mira, pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ (112, 000, 911) tàbí lọ sí ilé ìwòsàn kíákíá. Rántí bí ó ṣe rí, fọ́tò máa ń ṣèrànwọ́.

Kò wá ọ kiri láti ṣe ọ́ léṣe. Ó ń lo oró rẹ̀ láti mú oúnjẹ tàbí láti dáàbò bo ara rẹ̀, ó sì fẹ́ràn láti farapamọ́ jù. Sí i nípa wíwà láìléwu

Báwo ló ṣe tóbi tó?

Báwo ló ṣe gùn tó?

Green weaver ant gígùn rẹ̀ tó nǹkan bí 2.5 cm (1 in)Ẹyọ owó yúrò 1 nǹkan bí 2.3 cm (0.9 in)Pínì ìwé (paper clip) nǹkan bí 3 cm (1.2 in)
ó gùn tó pínì ìwé (paper clip)

Báwo ni Green weaver ant ṣe tóbi tó tí a bá fi wé ÌWỌ?

Ìṣirò nìkan nínú bráwúsà rẹ. A kò fi ohunkóhun pamọ́, a kò sì fi ránṣẹ́ sí ibikíbi.

Báwo ló ṣe yára tó?

ó yẹ ní mímọ̀

Òtítọ́

1

Weaver ants build leaf nests by teamwork. Workers pull leaf edges together, and others use larvae like living shuttles to make silk that binds the leaves.1

2

A single colony can reach up to half a million individuals, and one colony was recorded occupying 151 nests across 12 trees.1

3

Some jumping spiders mimic these ants with chemical scents to enter their nests and eat the larvae.1

4

In Thailand and the Philippines, the larvae and pupae are eaten, and are said to taste creamy, sour and lemony.1

5

The oldest written record of using these ants for pest control is from China in 304 CE, where they protected citrus.1

6

In Java, Indonesia, the larvae and pupae, called kroto, are harvested as food for songbirds and as fishing bait.1

Olùfọ́ àròsọ

Àròsọ: Green weaver ants sting like bees or wasps.

Òtítọ́: They do not sting. Their bite can be painful, and they can spray irritant chemicals from the abdomen.1

Fún àwọn amòye oró

Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì
Oecophylla smaragdina
Ẹgbẹ́
Èèrà
Ìdílé
Formicidae2
Ètò
Hymenoptera
Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì
Éṣíà, Ọsirélíà àti Òṣéáníà
Ewu fún ènìyàn
1 / 5: Fúyẹ́3

Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá

  1. Oecophylla smaragdina (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Oecophylla smaragdina (iNaturalist): orúkọ àti ìpínsísọ̀rí.
  3. Venom Wiki: ìpele ewu, ìtóbi déédé àti àfojúbù ìyára jẹ́ tiwa. Wo bí a ṣe ń ṣírò wọn: Bí a ṣe ń díwọ̀n ewu.

Gbogbo òtítọ́ ojú-ìwé yìí ní nọ́ńbà tó tọ́ka sí orísun rẹ̀. Bí a bá ṣe àṣìṣe, má bínú, olólùfẹ́ ẹranko ni wá, kì í ṣe ìwé ìròyìn sáyẹ́ǹsì. Sọ fún wa ní [email protected] a ó sì tún un ṣe.

Ebi ń pa àkekèé! Iṣẹ́ akanṣe ẹnì kan ṣoṣo ni Venom Wiki: ọ̀fẹ́ ni, kò sí ìpolówó, kò sì sí olùtọpinpin. Ẹ̀bùn kékeré ń ràn án lọ́wọ́ láti wà lórí íńtánẹ́ẹ̀tì.Bọ́ àkekèé

Sí i láti inú ẹgbẹ́ kan náà: Èèrà

Ó tún ń gbé ní: Éṣíà

Bọ́ àkekèéìgò ẹ̀bùn, ó ń jẹ́ kí ó jẹ́ ọ̀fẹ́