Figures 12.7


Weaver ants of Oecophylla making a nest by pulling together leaves and binding them with silk produced by larvae that are held in the mandibles of worker ants.
Figures 12.7. Weaver ants of Oecophylla making a nest by pulling together leaves and binding them with silk produced by larvae that are held in the mandibles of worker ants.

(After CSIRO 1970; Hölldobler 1984)

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