Green Tree Ant (species: Oecophylla smaragdina) in Kimberley Coast (Gaia Guide)
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Oecophylla smaragdina
Green Tree Ant


©Rushen: Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina)

©John Tann: Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina), Charles Darwin National Park, Darwin NT Australia

©Ria Tan: Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) with larva

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Hymenoptera
Family Formicidae
Genus Oecophylla
Species Oecophylla smaragdina

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 1.8 cm (Length of specimen)

Wingspan

  • Wingspan data is not yet available.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Behaviour

They make nests in trees made of leaves stitched together using the silk produced by their larvae. (Wikipedia)

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