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title: "Asian Weaver Ant"
description: "Oecophylla smaragdina — Owady i pająki. Oecophylla smaragdina (common names include Asian weaver ant, weaver ant, green ant, green tree ant, and orange gaster) is a species of arboreal ant found in tropical Asia and Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/asian-weaver-ant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Asian Weaver Ant

> Oecophylla smaragdina — Owady i pająki. Oecophylla smaragdina (common names include Asian weaver ant, weaver ant, green ant, green tree ant, and orange gaster) is a species of arboreal ant found in tropical Asia and Australia.

- Scientific name: *Oecophylla smaragdina*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `jungle` (Dżungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 34106
- Wikidata: [Q1132830](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1132830)
- iNaturalist taxon: [117293](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/117293)

## Names

- en: Asian Weaver Ant
- de: Asiatische Weberameise
- fr: Fourmi tisserande

## Countries with the most observations

IN (8906), AU (4876), TH (3659), HK (3466), MY (2855), SG (2536), ID (2101), PH (1193), CN (1143), LK (809), VN (586), KH (486)

## Summary

Oecophylla smaragdina (common names include Asian weaver ant, weaver ant, green ant, green tree ant, and orange gaster) is a species of arboreal ant found in tropical Asia and Australia. These ants form colonies with multiple nests in trees, each nest being made of leaves stitched together using the silk produced by the ant larvae, hence the specific name oecophylla (Greek for "leaf-house").

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oecophylla_smaragdina

## Photo

![Asian Weaver Ant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/asian-weaver-ant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192706524

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/asian-weaver-ant?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).