- weaver ant
- noun Date: 1913 any of various ants (especially genus Oecophylla) that build nests from leaves bound together with silk secreted by larvae
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
weaver ant
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Weaver ant — Oecophylla Temporal range: 47–0 Ma … Wikipedia
weaver ant — /ˈwivər ænt/ (say weevuhr ant) noun → green ant (def. 1). {from its habit of constructing nests from leaves held together with larval silk} …
Ant — For other uses, see Ant (disambiguation). Ants Temporal range: 130–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Ant mimicry — Cricket nymph, Macroxiphus sp. Ant mimicry is mimicry of ants by other organisms. Ants are abundant all over the world, and insect predators that rely on vision to identify their prey such as birds and wasps normally avoid them, either because… … Wikipedia
ant — antlike, adj. /ant/, n. 1. any of numerous black, red, brown, or yellow social insects of the family Formicidae, of worldwide distribution esp. in warm climates, having a large head with inner jaws for chewing and outer jaws for carrying and… … Universalium
green ant — /ˈgrin ænt/ (say green ant) noun 1. the small aggressive green coloured ant, Oecophylla smaragdina, of northern Australia which generally lives in colonies in the leaves of trees; weaver ant. 2. → green head ant. Also, green tree ant …
Oecophylla — Oecophylla Rango temporal: Eoceno Reciente … Wikipedia Español
Myrmarachne plataleoides — A female Myrmarachne plataleoides Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Oecophylla smaragdina — Workers of Oecophylla smaragdina Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
Oecophylla smaragdina — ? Oecophylla smaragdina Oecophylla smaragdina Научная классификация … Википедия
