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Pages in category "Insects of Southeast Asia" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Stegodyphus sarasinorum is native to south and southeast Asia, predominantly in the countries of India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Myanmar. One of the preferred places of S. sarasinorum is the prickly pear bush, because it serves as a strong support for their silken dwellings and webs.
The Oriental hornet (Vespa orientalis) is a social insect species of the family Vespidae.It can be found in Southwest Asia, Northeast Africa, the island of Madagascar (but no reports have been made of its presence on the island for many years), the Middle East, Central Asia, and parts of Southern Europe. [2]
For this purpose, they drive away other ant species from the parts of the canopy where these sap-sucking insects live. [5] Another association is with the larvae of certain blue butterflies In Australia, the common oak-blue , the bright oak-blue and the purple oak-blue are obligate associates and only occur in parts of the country where the ...
Termites are a group of detritophagous eusocial insects which consume a variety of decaying plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter, and soil humus.They are distinguished by their moniliform antennae and the soft-bodied and often unpigmented worker caste for which they have been commonly termed "white ants"; however, they are not ants, being more closely related to ...
Prehistoric insects of Asia (3 C, 30 P) A. Insects of the Arabian Peninsula (1 C, 72 P) Insects of Armenia (13 P) Insects of Azerbaijan (7 P) B. Insects of Bangladesh ...
Ant colonies can be long-lived. The queens can live for up to 30 years, and workers live from 1 to 3 years. Males, however, are more transitory, being quite short-lived and surviving for only a few weeks. [69] Ant queens are estimated to live 100 times as long as solitary insects of a similar size. [70]
Colonies of army ants are large compared to the colonies of other Formicidae. Colonies can have over 15 million workers and can transport 3000 prey (items) per hour during the raid period. [14] [20] When army ants forage, the trails that are formed can be over 20 m (66 ft) wide and over 100 m (330 ft) long. [20]