My husband is in Malaysia right now. Does he send photos of beaches? No.
He sends
photographs he knows will really make me jealous, like
photographs of weaver ants, Oecophylla smaragdina.
I’m not sure of this black one. Ectomomyrmex perhaps?
He says he’s taken some videos, too. Can’t wait to see what else he finds.
Update: My husband reports that the weaver ants were visiting lights at night, catching other insects drawn to them. I’ve seen spiders. praying mantids, etc. doing this, but not ants.
Have you ever seen ants visiting lights at night?
If you wanna know about ant species in Sri Lanka, this gives a list of Sri Lankan publications.
http://bit.ly/antresearchcentre
Thanks! I’ll add your link to the website list as well.
wait lady can i ask where exactly is this photo taken?
like where in malaysia have this weaver ants build their nest on?
i mean if i were search the entire malaysia the odds of finding this particular ants
is worse than the odds of finding a toothpick in haystack
it’s like finding a single ant trail in the desert of arizona
So are the videos up? I’d love to see. I am in Malaysia. Where was your husband at?
The last videos are here: http://blog.wildaboutants.com/2017/10/08/last-photos-of-ants-and-termites-from-malaysia/
He only visited for a few days. It looks like a cool place for ants.