Side-Green.com - Benefits of weaver ants For Humans - Weaver ants (Oecophylla Smaragdina) is an insect that has the unusual ability curved, which is able to create a very unique nest in trees, especially the shoots as the main headquarters. Weaver ants have a defense weapon once a very powerful attack against his opponent. Weaver ants have a painful bite and effective to repel the enemy, because the toxins of weaver ants can attack his nerves.
Physical characteristics weaver ants are having a great body elongated when compared with other types of ants, reddish brown or green. A weaver ants are social insects that live in colonies. Weaver ant species are divided into two types, namely Oecophylla Smaragdina spread across India, Southeast Asia to Australia and Oecophylla Longinoda spread across the African continent.
Weaver ants as social insects, all the activities carried out jointly by all members of the colony, for example, looking for food, looking for a new nesting site, the exploration of the region, and securing the colony from predators and enemies.
Physical characteristics weaver ants are having a great body elongated when compared with other types of ants, reddish brown or green. A weaver ants are social insects that live in colonies. Weaver ant species are divided into two types, namely Oecophylla Smaragdina spread across India, Southeast Asia to Australia and Oecophylla Longinoda spread across the African continent.
Weaver ants as social insects, all the activities carried out jointly by all members of the colony, for example, looking for food, looking for a new nesting site, the exploration of the region, and securing the colony from predators and enemies.
Weaver ants have a very high aggressiveness and is known as a very effective natural predator control pests of plants and is often used as a biocontrol agent pest control in tropical plantations to increase crop production, as is done in Australia cashew farmers and farmers in Vietnam.
In its development, weaver ants are not only used as biological pest control, however, extends its use as a source of protein and fatty acids, especially the ant larvae known as Kroto that can be eaten directly. For example, in some countries, weaver ants have a very high price because it has a distinctive taste as a snack.
Price Kroto in northern Thailand is very high, which is twice the price-quality beef. in China and India weaver ants are used as one of the effective herbal treatment tool. While in Indonesia, Kroto hunted and sold as bird feed chatter that has a very high nutritional content and are very popular with birds.
Based on the above, we can conclude that the weaver ant is a special animal, but can be used indirectly to the preservation of our environment as natural predators, can also be used directly as food for birds that have very high economic value.
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