alexwild > Winter leaf drop reveals a number of old Oecophylla smaragdina green tree ant nests.  The ants have moved on, but the signs of their presence remain.  Tree ants are polydomous, so the nests likely all belonged to a single colony.

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
alexwild > Green tree ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) dismantle a Pheidole that wandered into their territory.

Cape York Peninsula, Queenland, Australia
alexwild > Oecophylla smaragdina green tree ants cooperate to bring a grasshopper carcass back to their nest.

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
alexwild > Oecophylla smaragdina, the green tree ant of northern Australia.

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
alexwild > Oecophylla smaragdina, the green tree ant of northern Australia.

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
alexwild > Winter leaf drop reveals a number of old Oecophylla smaragdina green tree ant nests.  The ants have moved on, but the signs of their presence remain.  Tree ants are polydomous, so the nests likely all belonged to a single colony.

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
alexwild > Oecophylla smaragdina, the green tree ant of northern Australia.

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
alexwild > Oecophylla longinoda patrol a tree trunk.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
alexwild > Protected inside a translucent silken tent, Oecophylla longinoda weaver ants gather honeydew from mealybugs. The ants weave the tent using silk produced by their larvae.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
Winter leaf drop reveals a number of old Oecophylla smaragdina green tree ant nests. The ants have moved on, but the signs of their presence remain. Tree ants are polydomous, so the nests likely all belonged to a single colony.

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
alexwild > Winter leaf drop reveals a number of old Oecophylla smaragdina green tree ant nests.  The ants have moved on, but the signs of their presence remain.  Tree ants are polydomous, so the nests likely all belonged to a single colony.

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Winter leaf drop reveals a number of old Oecophylla smaragdina green tree ant nests. The ants have moved on, but the signs of their presence remain. Tree ants are polydomous, so the nests likely all belonged to a single colony.

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
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