{"id":12369,"date":"2025-09-22T10:12:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/?p=12369"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:06:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:06:44","slug":"everything-about-oecophylla-smaragdina-the-weaver-ants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/2025\/09\/22\/everything-about-oecophylla-smaragdina-the-weaver-ants\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything about Oecophylla smaragdina: The Weaver Ants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n  <div id=\"page-header-1342153079\" class=\"page-header-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"page-title dark featured-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"page-title-bg\">\n      <div class=\"title-bg fill bg-fill\"\n        data-parallax-container=\".page-title\"\n        data-parallax-background\n        data-parallax=\"-\">\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"title-overlay fill\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"page-title-inner container align-center text-center flex-row-col medium-flex-wrap\" >\n              <div class=\"title-wrapper flex-col\">\n          <h1 class=\"entry-title mb-0\">\n            Everything about Oecophylla smaragdina: The Weaver Ants          <\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"page-title-sub op-7 flex-col\">\n          <p class=\"lead\">The Weaver Ants Whose Footsteps Are Nearly Silent<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"title-content flex-col\">\n        <div class=\"title-breadcrumbs pb-half pt-half\"><nav class=\"woocommerce-breadcrumb breadcrumbs uppercase\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">Home<\/nav><\/div>      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n     \n<style>\n#page-header-1342153079 .title-bg {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Two-terrarium-27-scaled.jpg);\n}\n#page-header-1342153079 .featured-title {\n  background-color: rgb(94, 125, 52);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1370436906\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1370436906 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"video video-fit mb\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How weaver ants build their nests? From the weaver ant queen to the nest documentary\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RC7yWoDLvTY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>When we think of ants, we picture tireless workers: farmers tending fungi, soldiers defending colonies, scouts searching for food, or nurses caring for brood. But ants as <i>weavers<\/i>? That role belongs to one of the most remarkable ant species on Earth: <b>Oecophylla smaragdina<\/b>, also known as the Asian weaver ant or green tree ant.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 105%;\"><b>Meet <\/b><b><i>Oecophylla smaragdina<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Subfamily:<\/b> Formicinae<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Genus:<\/b> <i>Oecophylla<\/i>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Species:<\/b> <i>O. smaragdina<\/i> (found in India, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia) and <i>O. longinoda<\/i> (found in Sub-Saharan Africa).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These arboreal ants thrive in forests and orchards, especially where tree canopies overlap. Unlike ground-dwelling species, they build their entire lives among the branches. And their homes are unlike any others: vast silk-bound nests made of leaves, strung together with the help of their own larvae.<\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment --><span class=\"cf0\">If you\u2019d like to support us, you can order a poster; <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">Follow<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> the link to the<\/span><a class=\"cf0\" href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/product-category\/ant-posters-and-teaching-aids\/\"><span class=\"cf0\"> ant posters<\/span><\/a><span class=\"cf0\"> and get 10% off with the promo code antblog10.<\/span><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n            <div class=\"row\"><div class=\"large-12 col\">\n          <div style=\"background-color:#FFF;\" class=\"slider flipContainer slider-nav-circle slide box-shadow-2\"\n            data-flickity-options='{\n              \"cellAlign\": \"center\",\n              \"wrapAround\": true,\n              \"percentPosition\": true,\n              \"imagesLoaded\": true,\n              \"pageDots\": true,\n              \"contain\": true\n          }'>\n                        <div class=\"slide\" style=\"background-color:#FFF;\">  <div class=\"row row-collapse align-middle flip-slide\" style=\"width:100%\">\n        <div class=\"large-6 col flip-page-one\">\n        <div class=\"featured-product col-inner\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/product\/poster-weaver-ants-oecophylla-way-of-life-70x50\/\">\n                <div class=\"product-image relative\">\n                   <div class=\"front-image\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WeaverAnts.png?fit=510%2C365&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_single size-woocommerce_single wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WeaverAnts.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WeaverAnts.png?resize=559%2C400&amp;ssl=1 559w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WeaverAnts.png?resize=768%2C549&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WeaverAnts.png?resize=18%2C12&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WeaverAnts.png?resize=247%2C177&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WeaverAnts.png?resize=510%2C365&amp;ssl=1 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/>                  <\/div>\n                  \n<div class=\"badge-container absolute left top z-1\">\n\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n       <div class=\"large-6 col flip-page-two\">\n        <div class=\"product-info col-inner inner-padding\">\n              <h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/product\/poster-weaver-ants-oecophylla-way-of-life-70x50\/\">Poster &#8211; Weaver ants &#8211; Oecophylla way of life &#8211; 70&#215;50<\/a><\/h1>\n              <div class=\"is-divider medium\"><\/div>\n              <div class=\"price-wrapper\">\n\t<p class=\"price product-page-price \">\n  <span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi>29,90&nbsp;<span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\">&euro;<\/span><\/bdi><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"product_meta\">\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t<span class=\"sku_wrapper\">SKU: <span class=\"sku\">1005754<\/span><\/span>\n\n\t\n\t<span class=\"posted_in\">Category: <a href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/product-category\/ant-posters-and-teaching-aids\/\" rel=\"tag\">EDUCATIONAL ANT POSTERS<\/a><\/span>\n\t\n\t <span class=\"posted_in\">Brand: <a href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/brand\/antcube\/\" rel=\"tag\">ANTCUBE<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/product\/poster-weaver-ants-oecophylla-way-of-life-70x50\/\" class=\"button\">Read more<\/a>\n         <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"slide\" style=\"background-color:#FFF;\">  <div class=\"row row-collapse align-middle flip-slide\" style=\"width:100%\">\n        <div class=\"large-6 col flip-page-one\">\n        <div class=\"featured-product col-inner\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/product\/poster-weaver-ants-oecophylla-way-of-life-100x70\/\">\n                <div class=\"product-image relative\">\n                   <div class=\"front-image\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WeaverAnts.png?fit=510%2C365&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_single size-woocommerce_single wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WeaverAnts.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WeaverAnts.png?resize=559%2C400&amp;ssl=1 559w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WeaverAnts.png?resize=768%2C549&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WeaverAnts.png?resize=18%2C12&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WeaverAnts.png?resize=247%2C177&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WeaverAnts.png?resize=510%2C365&amp;ssl=1 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/>                  <\/div>\n                  \n<div class=\"badge-container absolute left top z-1\">\n\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n       <div class=\"large-6 col flip-page-two\">\n        <div class=\"product-info col-inner inner-padding\">\n              <h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/product\/poster-weaver-ants-oecophylla-way-of-life-100x70\/\">Poster &#8211; Weaver ants &#8211; Oecophylla way of life &#8211; 100&#215;70<\/a><\/h1>\n              <div class=\"is-divider medium\"><\/div>\n              <div class=\"price-wrapper\">\n\t<p class=\"price product-page-price \">\n  <span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi>39,90&nbsp;<span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\">&euro;<\/span><\/bdi><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"product_meta\">\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t<span class=\"sku_wrapper\">SKU: <span class=\"sku\">1005755<\/span><\/span>\n\n\t\n\t<span class=\"posted_in\">Category: <a href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/product-category\/ant-posters-and-teaching-aids\/\" rel=\"tag\">EDUCATIONAL ANT POSTERS<\/a><\/span>\n\t\n\t <span class=\"posted_in\">Brand: <a href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/brand\/antcube\/\" rel=\"tag\">ANTCUBE<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/product\/poster-weaver-ants-oecophylla-way-of-life-100x70\/\" class=\"button\">Read more<\/a>\n         <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n          <\/div><\/div>\n          \n\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h2 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"color:rgb(104, 161, 39);\">Architecture in the Treetops<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<p>Weaver ants don\u2019t spin silk themselves. Instead, they enlist their larvae as living spools. Workers gently hold a larva in their mandibles, stimulating it with antennae until it secretes silk. This silk binds leaves together, forming chambers, tunnels, and walls.<\/p>\n<p>The construction process is a feat of cooperation. Some workers bend leaves into position, while others link their bodies into chains and ladders to bridge gaps. Once everything is aligned, the \u201cliving silk machines\u201d are brought in to stitch the structure.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_24143859\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1182_2.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Oecophylla smaragdina asian weaver ants nest building\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1182_2.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1182_2.jpg?resize=533%2C400&amp;ssl=1 533w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1182_2.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1182_2.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1182_2.jpg?resize=510%2C383&amp;ssl=1 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_24143859 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-2000409449\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-2000409449 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p>The result? Expansive colonies that can stretch across <b>more than 20 trees<\/b> and cover up to <b>1,500 square meters<\/b>. With hundreds of interconnected nests and sometimes multiple queens (a condition called <i>polygyny<\/i>), <i>Oecophylla<\/i> colonies can endure for decades.<\/p>\n            <div class=\"row\"><div class=\"large-12 col\">\n          <div style=\"background-color:#FFF;\" class=\"slider flipContainer slider-nav-circle slide box-shadow-2\"\n            data-flickity-options='{\n              \"cellAlign\": \"center\",\n              \"wrapAround\": true,\n              \"percentPosition\": true,\n              \"imagesLoaded\": true,\n              \"pageDots\": true,\n              \"contain\": true\n          }'>\n                        <div class=\"slide\" style=\"background-color:#FFF;\">  <div class=\"row row-collapse align-middle flip-slide\" style=\"width:100%\">\n        <div class=\"large-6 col flip-page-one\">\n        <div class=\"featured-product col-inner\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/product\/starter-set-for-weaver-ants-large\/\">\n                <div class=\"product-image relative\">\n                   <div class=\"front-image\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1005649-ANTCUBE-Starter-Set-fur-Weberameisen-gros-Shop.jpg?fit=510%2C510&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_single size-woocommerce_single wp-post-image\" alt=\"ANTCUBE - Starter set for weaver ants - large 1005649 glass formicarium with sliding door and raiforest photo backwall\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1005649-ANTCUBE-Starter-Set-fur-Weberameisen-gros-Shop.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1005649-ANTCUBE-Starter-Set-fur-Weberameisen-gros-Shop.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1005649-ANTCUBE-Starter-Set-fur-Weberameisen-gros-Shop.jpg?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1005649-ANTCUBE-Starter-Set-fur-Weberameisen-gros-Shop.jpg?resize=280%2C280&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1005649-ANTCUBE-Starter-Set-fur-Weberameisen-gros-Shop.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1005649-ANTCUBE-Starter-Set-fur-Weberameisen-gros-Shop.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1005649-ANTCUBE-Starter-Set-fur-Weberameisen-gros-Shop.jpg?resize=12%2C12&amp;ssl=1 12w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1005649-ANTCUBE-Starter-Set-fur-Weberameisen-gros-Shop.jpg?resize=247%2C247&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1005649-ANTCUBE-Starter-Set-fur-Weberameisen-gros-Shop.jpg?resize=510%2C510&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1005649-ANTCUBE-Starter-Set-fur-Weberameisen-gros-Shop.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/>                  <\/div>\n                  \n<div class=\"badge-container absolute left top z-1\">\n\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n       <div class=\"large-6 col flip-page-two\">\n        <div class=\"product-info col-inner inner-padding\">\n              <h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/product\/starter-set-for-weaver-ants-large\/\">ANTCUBE &#8211; Starter set for weaver ants &#8211; large<\/a><\/h1>\n              <div class=\"is-divider medium\"><\/div>\n              <div class=\"price-wrapper\">\n\t<p class=\"price product-page-price price-not-in-stock\">\n  <span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi>339,90&nbsp;<span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\">&euro;<\/span><\/bdi><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"product-short-description\">\n\t<p>The set consists of 22 parts.<br \/>\nSize: <span style=\"color: #ed1c24;\"><strong>XL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"product_meta\">\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t<span class=\"sku_wrapper\">SKU: <span class=\"sku\">1005649<\/span><\/span>\n\n\t\n\t<span class=\"posted_in\">Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/product-category\/starter-sets\/\" rel=\"tag\">Starter Sets<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/product-category\/starter-sets\/starter-sets-for-weaver-ants\/\" rel=\"tag\">Starter Sets for Weaver ants<\/a><\/span>\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/product\/starter-set-for-weaver-ants-large\/\" class=\"button\">Read more<\/a>\n         <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"slide\" style=\"background-color:#FFF;\">  <div class=\"row row-collapse align-middle flip-slide\" style=\"width:100%\">\n        <div class=\"large-6 col flip-page-one\">\n        <div class=\"featured-product col-inner\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/product\/antcube-arena-60x30x60-with-sliding-door\/\">\n                <div class=\"product-image relative\">\n                   <div class=\"front-image\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ANTCUBE_Arena_60x30x60_mit_Schiebetur.jpg?fit=510%2C510&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_single size-woocommerce_single wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ANTCUBE_Arena_60x30x60_mit_Schiebetur.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ANTCUBE_Arena_60x30x60_mit_Schiebetur.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ANTCUBE_Arena_60x30x60_mit_Schiebetur.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ANTCUBE_Arena_60x30x60_mit_Schiebetur.jpg?resize=280%2C280&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ANTCUBE_Arena_60x30x60_mit_Schiebetur.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ANTCUBE_Arena_60x30x60_mit_Schiebetur.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ANTCUBE_Arena_60x30x60_mit_Schiebetur.jpg?resize=12%2C12&amp;ssl=1 12w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ANTCUBE_Arena_60x30x60_mit_Schiebetur.jpg?resize=247%2C247&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ANTCUBE_Arena_60x30x60_mit_Schiebetur.jpg?resize=510%2C510&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ANTCUBE_Arena_60x30x60_mit_Schiebetur.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/>                  <\/div>\n                  \n<div class=\"badge-container absolute left top z-1\">\n\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n       <div class=\"large-6 col flip-page-two\">\n        <div class=\"product-info col-inner inner-padding\">\n              <h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/product\/antcube-arena-60x30x60-with-sliding-door\/\">ANTCUBE Arena 60x30x60 with sliding door<\/a><\/h1>\n              <div class=\"is-divider medium\"><\/div>\n              <div class=\"price-wrapper\">\n\t<p class=\"price product-page-price \">\n  <span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi>349,90&nbsp;<span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\">&euro;<\/span><\/bdi><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"product-short-description\">\n\t<p>Connection: 4x hole 50 mm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"product_meta\">\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t<span class=\"sku_wrapper\">SKU: <span class=\"sku\">1005739<\/span><\/span>\n\n\t\n\t<span class=\"posted_in\">Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/product-category\/ant-arenas\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ant Arenas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/product-category\/formicariums\/\" rel=\"tag\">Formicariums<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/product-category\/new-innovatve-products\/\" rel=\"tag\">New innovatve Products<\/a><\/span>\n\t\n\t <span class=\"posted_in\">Brand: <a href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/brand\/antcube\/\" rel=\"tag\">ANTCUBE<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/product\/antcube-arena-60x30x60-with-sliding-door\/\" class=\"button\">Read more<\/a>\n         <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n          <\/div><\/div>\n          \n\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h2 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"color:rgb(104, 161, 39);\">Silent Steppers<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<p>One striking thing noted in observations and video documentaries such as the <i>AntsDocumentary<\/i> channel is how <b>silent<\/b> these ants are when walking over leaves and silk. Despite all the activity of weaving, climbing, transporting, they leave almost no audible footfalls.<\/p>\n<p>Why might this be?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Walking on silk and on leaves is different from walking on soil, twigs, or rough surfaces. These surfaces are softer or more flexible and may dampen noise.\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Their tarsi (the &#8220;feet&#8221; segments) are adapted to grip and move delicately over these surfaces, likely minimizing sound.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Being quiet may offer survival advantages: less detectable by predators, and perhaps less likely to disturb other species whose presence could be harmful (or that they might prey upon).<\/p>\n<p>The <i>AntsDocumentary<\/i> video (see <i>AntsDocumentary<\/i>, \u201cOecophylla smaragdina behavior\u201d) draws attention to this near silence as part of the ants\u2019 arboreal lifestyle, emphasizing how the forest-canopy weavers move with stealth as much as strength.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h2 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"color:rgb(104, 161, 39);\">Life Inside the Nest<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<p>A closer look inside reveals a complex society:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Nurses<\/b> care for the developing brood (eggs, larvae, and pupae) shielding the next generation.\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Workers<\/b> forage, defend, and maintain the nest. Their social stomach, called the <i>crop<\/i>, allows them to share food through <b>trophallaxis<\/b>, a form of mouth-to-mouth feeding that ensures everyone is nourished, even those who never leave the nest.\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Scouts and soldiers<\/b> patrol the canopy, guarding the colony and leading hunting parties.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1439509979\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bild4.jpg?fit=1020%2C574&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bild4.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bild4.jpg?resize=711%2C400&amp;ssl=1 711w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bild4.jpg?resize=1067%2C600&amp;ssl=1 1067w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bild4.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bild4.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bild4.jpg?resize=18%2C10&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bild4.jpg?resize=247%2C139&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bild4.jpg?resize=510%2C287&amp;ssl=1 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1439509979 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-370091273\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-370091273 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p>An interesting point: like humans, weaver ants are among the rare species that actively reshape their environment, adapting tree branches into an engineered home.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h2 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"color:rgb(104, 161, 39);\">Multiple Communication Channels<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<p>Coordination on this scale requires more than pheromone trails. <i>Oecophylla smaragdina<\/i> relies on <b>multimodal communication<\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Chemicals<\/b>: pheromones for trail marking, recruitment, and alarm.\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Touch<\/b>: antennae to guide and stimulate nestmates.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Vibrations and stridulation<\/b>: substrate-borne signals that can be tuned for alarm, recruitment, or close-quarters coordination.<\/p>\n<p>These vibrational cues supplement chemical signals, providing faster or more localized information when needed. In noisy and windy canopies, pheromone plumes would be unreliable. Multimodal signaling explains how colonies can still coordinate complex tasks such as nest construction, cooperative hunting, or ambushes. This flexibility in communication channels may be a key factor behind their ecological success.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h2 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"color:rgb(104, 161, 39);\">Feeding the Colony<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<p>Weaver ants are <b>omnivores<\/b>, collecting both sugary substances (like nectar and honeydew from sap-feeding insects) and protein from animal prey.<\/p>\n<p>They are formidable hunters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">A single worker may stumble upon a struggling insect and quickly summon reinforcements with pheromone trails.\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Together, they immobilize prey and haul it back, sometimes lifting loads <b>60 times their body weight<\/b>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Their coordinated efforts ensure that even large crickets, flies, or worms make their way into the nest, often to be served as larval meals.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1224112692\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bild3.jpg?fit=1020%2C574&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bild3.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bild3.jpg?resize=711%2C400&amp;ssl=1 711w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bild3.jpg?resize=1067%2C600&amp;ssl=1 1067w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bild3.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bild3.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bild3.jpg?resize=18%2C10&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bild3.jpg?resize=247%2C139&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bild3.jpg?resize=510%2C287&amp;ssl=1 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1224112692 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1165528583\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1165528583 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p>This efficiency has caught human attention too\u2014<i>Oecophylla smaragdina<\/i> is sometimes used as a natural form of pest control in orchards, reducing the need for chemical pesticides.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h2 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"color:rgb(104, 161, 39);\">The Queen\u2019s Journey<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<p>The queen, far larger than her workers, is central to the colony\u2019s survival. When it\u2019s time to establish a new nest, she doesn\u2019t travel alone. Fifteen to twenty workers escort her, acting as both porters and bodyguards. Scouts clear the way, checking for threats, while her entourage carefully maneuvers her massive body into the new silk fortress.<\/p>\n<p>Once inside, the colony resumes its rhythm: workers weaving, nurses tending, scouts hunting. Meanwhile, the queen continues her lifelong duty of laying eggs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h2 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"color:rgb(104, 161, 39);\">An Enduring Legacy<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<p>Even after a colony dies, its architecture lingers. The woven leaves eventually wither, but the silk holds strong, leaving ghostly remnants of once-thriving nests. These structures are a testament to the ingenuity of weaver ants, whose silk-spun homes are among the most durable and beautiful achievements in the insect world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h2 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"color:rgb(104, 161, 39);\">Final Thoughts<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<p>From farming fungi to weaving silk, ants never fail to amaze us with their creativity. <i>Oecophylla smaragdina<\/i> shows us that evolution can turn even larvae into construction tools, producing some of the most impressive cooperative architecture found in nature.<\/p>\n<p>Their silence as they move high in the canopy is just one more adaptation ; paired with their ability to combine chemical, tactile, and vibrational signals into a robust communication system. High in the trees, hidden in woven leaves, live the green tree ants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we think of ants, we picture tireless workers: farmers tending fungi, soldiers defending colonies, scouts searching for food, or nurses caring for brood. But ants as weavers? That role belongs to one of the most remarkable ant species on Earth: Oecophylla smaragdina, also known as the Asian weaver ant or green tree ant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24784,"featured_media":3365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ant-species"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Oecophylla-smaragdina-green-queen-asia.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12369"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13215,"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12369\/revisions\/13215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}