this is new idea I have, starting now I will trying my best to share the info of the bugs here with help of some sites and my experience ....
details of this Weaver Ant
Order Hymenoptera --> genus Oecophylla --> family Formicidae --> subfamily Formicinae --> Oecophylla smaragdina
膜翅目 --> 蟻科 --> 蚁亚科 --> 织巢蚁属 --> 黄猄蚁
The weaver ants belong to the ant genus Oecophylla (subfamily Formicinae) which contains two closely related living species: O. longinoda found in Sub-Saharan Africa and O. smaragdina found in southern India, southeast Asia, and Australia.
Weaver ants are obligately arboreal and are known for their unique nest building behaviour where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk.[1] Colonies can be extremely large consisting of more than a hundred nests spanning numerous trees and contain more than half a million workers. Like many other ant species, weaver ants prey on small insects and supplement their diet with carbohydrate-rich honeydew excreted by small insects (Hemiptera) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaver_ant]
该属蚂蚁主要分布在东洋区、非洲区、澳洲区等气候温暖的地方。全世界有织叶蚁2种及十几个亚种、变种。
织叶蚁属蚂蚁和同亚科的弓背蚁属、多刺蚁属的一些蚁在筑巢方式上有同样独特的习性。它们的巢主要以幼虫吐出的分泌物和植物叶子等粘结而成。幼虫是筑巢过程的重要工具。织叶蚁属的幼虫在营巢活动中被小型工蚁的上颚叨着穿梭于植物叶子间，从而使植物叶片被幼虫吐出的丝粘结在一起，形成一紧密的巢。老熟幼虫不参与建巢活动。
[http://sciencer.net/ant/data/Formicinae/Oecophylla/index.html]
This weaver ant queen was not move at all while I see it, as it seem like it trying to protect her eggs.
1. what - Weaver Ant queen
2. where - leaf @ garden
3. How - easy as it not really move while with egg
4. size - 8-14mm
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