BUGS FOR THE AMATEUR
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| Formicinae: Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius, 1775 |
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A typical defense posture.
May 1999, Tai Tam. Workers carying the severed head of a Gecko.
April 2004, Sai Kung Country Park. Workers tending Lac insects , Kerria greeni (Chamberlin).
April 2004, Sai Kung Country Park. Workers "sowing" leafs together to form a nest. The actual binding material is a secretion from a larva labial gland, the larvae is carried by a worker and used as a spindel to "sow" each sides of the leaf while they are being held in place by other workers . The leaf was cut by the author to initiate this behaviour.