Oecophylla smaragdina
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Oecophylla smaragdina is a species of arboreal ant found in tropical Asia and Australia. These ants form colonies with multiple nests in trees, each nest being made of leaves stitched together using t
Red Weaver Ant, Oecophylla smaragdina
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Weaver ants can bite humans when disturbed. Angkor Wat, Cambodia
A queen that has shed her wings
Myrmaplata plataleoides
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Myrmaplata plataleoides, also called the red weaver-ant mimicking jumper, is a jumping spider that mimics the Asian weaver ant in morphology and behaviour. This species is found in India, Sri Lanka, C
Oecophylla smaragdina
…their nests to consume the larvae and lay their own eggs alongside the nest, so that spiderlings can easily reach the ant larvae. The jumping spider Myrmaplata plataleoides is a Batesian mimic of this species. This spider visually mimics this ant, via contracted body parts to create the illusion of a hymenopteran body…
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Grappling during an agonistic encounter between two male M. plataleoides at Saul Kere, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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