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Bharat Bhushan

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Jan 20, 2010, 10:49:59 AM1/20/10
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Photograph of ant nest by bringing several leaves together. At about 6 feet high, along the lake at Ranganthitoo, near Srirangapatna, on the Bengaluru-Mysore Highway, Karnataka. Date 26 December 2009
 
Is this commonly seen? On this plant? Which plant is it? Do ants build these nests along lakesides? The entire nest could have easily been snapped off and it would have gone into the lake. The lake pix is the scene below the nest.
 
Dr. Bharat Bhushan
Dean (Academic) and Professor, Environmental Planning
Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration
 
Address: YASHADA Campus, Baner Road, Pune 411007, India
 
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Yazdy Palia

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Jan 20, 2010, 11:55:28 AM1/20/10
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Dear Dr Bharat Bhushan,
These ants ( I would love to know its name), are very common. We have
them building nests on all kinds of trees and plants at my coffee
holding at wayanad in Kerala. I have seen them on Jack fruit trees,
mango trees, or any large leaved tree. I have seen them even on coffee
plants. These ants have a fiery sting. Just a couple of days back I
noticed some of them collected around the vent of our septic tank. The
interesting part was that so many of these were collected there that I
stopped to find the reason. I was surprised to note that they were
attacking mosquitoes trying to enter the septic tank and within a few
minutes when I was standing there, captured at least four to five
mosquitoes and carried them in pieces to their nest.
Regards
Yazdy Palia.

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raghu ananth

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Jan 20, 2010, 12:36:40 PM1/20/10
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All,

These are the  Weaver ants, 


At home I have seen them building nests by pulling the young leaves together in the trees of Guava, Mango, Jack and black plum trees. The entire nest with the ant larvae are taken home & consumed by local people in parts of malnad.  

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They can inflict painful bites and often spray formic acid directly at the bite wound resulting in intense discomfort.
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Raghu


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Jan 20, 2010, 10:36:24 PM1/20/10
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Interesting! This is obviously the red weaver ant. In tropical Australia we have the green weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina. They make a tasty snack on a hot day, refreshingly lime-like.
 
 Not my picture, I regret to say, but I hope people won't mind - in the interests of education.
 
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Parjanya guru

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Jan 20, 2010, 11:02:29 PM1/20/10
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.. gret to know that  Max..!!
.. Interestingly., there 's  a sour soup prepared by the paste of these ants  for which the tribal people of Karnataka, India are much fond of!!  And the ants are found to be higly acidic in taste...
 
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Bharat Bhushan

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Jan 21, 2010, 5:42:18 AM1/21/10
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Thank you, Friends. Other than ant soup, I guess, any photographer over stepping on that log below the ant nest, could fall into the Ranganthitoo lake, and the mugger crocodiles could make their own sweet human soup.
 
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MAX OVERTON

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Jan 21, 2010, 6:55:52 PM1/21/10
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Of course, what was I thinking? I do not have any pics of green ants, but my wife does. She has pictures of many of tropical Australia's flora and fauna, as found in our garden (mostly). Green ants are included. Just go to http://julesphotographiccreations.blogspot.com/
 
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Interesting! This is obviously the red weaver ant. In tropical Australia we have the green weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina. They make a tasty snack on a hot day, refreshingly lime-like.
 
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Pardeshi S.

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Jan 22, 2010, 12:40:23 AM1/22/10
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Hello all
to me the plant is some Derris species, most probably Derris indica.

Regards
Satish Pardeshi

On Jan 22, 4:55 am, MAX OVERTON <maxover...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Of course, what was I thinking? I do not have any pics of green ants, but my wife does. She has pictures of many of tropical Australia's flora and fauna, as found in our garden (mostly). Green ants are included. Just go tohttp://julesphotographiccreations.blogspot.com/
>
> Cheers,
>
> Max
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>
> The Lion of Scythia Trilogy (Lion of Scythia, The Golden King, Funeral in Babylon); The Glass House Trilogy (Glass House, A Glass Darkly, Looking Glass); A Cry of Shadows, The Devil is in the Details,  Trapdoor, Tapestry,  Scarab - Akhenaten (Book 1 of the Amarnan Kings), Scarab - Smenkhkare (Book 2 of the Amarnan Kings), Scarab - Tutankhamen (Book 3 of the Amarnan Kings), Scarab - Ay (Book 4 of the Amarnan Kings), Rakshasa (Book 1 of the Demon series), Djinn (Book 2 of the Demon series), Glass Continuum, Ascension
> Works in Progress: Sequestered, Scarab - Horemheb (Book 5 of the Amarnan Kings), Succubus (Book 3 of the Demon series)
>

> Also check outhttp://julesphotographiccreations.blogspot.com/


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> Subject: RE: [efloraofindia:26667] From Ranganthitoo - Ant Nest on tree
> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:36:24 -0600
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> Interesting! This is obviously the red weaver ant. In tropical Australia we have the green weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina. They make a tasty snack on a hot day, refreshingly lime-like.
>
>  Not my picture, I regret to say, but I hope people won't mind - in the interests of education.
>
> Max
>

> Novels by Max and/or Ariana Overtonhttp://www.maxoverton.com 


>
> The Lion of Scythia Trilogy (Lion of Scythia, The Golden King, Funeral in Babylon); The Glass House Trilogy (Glass House, A Glass Darkly, Looking Glass); A Cry of Shadows, The Devil is in the Details,  Trapdoor, Tapestry,  Scarab - Akhenaten (Book 1 of the Amarnan Kings), Scarab - Smenkhkare (Book 2 of the Amarnan Kings), Scarab - Tutankhamen (Book 3 of the Amarnan Kings), Scarab - Ay (Book 4 of the Amarnan Kings), Rakshasa (Book 1 of the Demon series), Djinn (Book 2 of the Demon series), Glass Continuum, Ascension
> Works in Progress: Sequestered, Scarab - Horemheb (Book 5 of the Amarnan Kings), Succubus (Book 3 of the Demon series)
>

> Also check outhttp://julesphotographiccreations.blogspot.com/


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> Photograph of ant nest by bringing several leaves together. At about 6 feet high, along the lake at Ranganthitoo, near Srirangapatna, on the Bengaluru-Mysore Highway, Karnataka. Date 26 December 2009
>
> Is this commonly seen? On this plant? Which plant is it? Do ants build these nests along lakesides? The entire nest could have easily been snapped off and it would have gone into the lake. The lake pix is the scene below the nest.
>
> Dr. Bharat Bhushan
> Dean (Academic) and Professor, Environmental Planning
> Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration
>
> Address: YASHADA Campus, Baner Road, Pune 411007, India
>
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