Habitat: They live in leafy trees to prey on small insects, where they can form or "Weave" together to build their nest.
Reproduction: The queen ant will lay eggs continuously and may choose to fertilize eggs at will by using the sperm cells retained from the nuptial flight this will form female worker ants instead of males. If the fertilized eggs and pupae are well-nurtured, they could potentially become queens as well.
Prey: These ants prey on almost any small insects, even if they are larger than them. Working as a team they can attck larger preys adn bite them to death. They dont kill butterflies or caterpillars but they do suck on the sweet juice they produce.
Fun Facts!
- Their nest can be any where from the size of a mans head, or a mans fist.
- These ants are quite useful and are even bought from Chinese and Southeast Asian citrus orchards, to help get rid of pest.
- They create their nest by lightly squeezing their larvea to produce stick larval silk, to hold nest together.
I chose the weaver ants because i thought it was very insteresting, and almost cruel when they attacked the beetle on the video but not the caterpillar. Even when they farmed other animals just like we farm cattle, i wanted to learn more about them.
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