1月19日(金)快晴
多くのアリは土の中に巣を作りますが、ツムギアリは高い木の上に作ります。巣作りの様子はまさに離れ業。何匹ものアリが互いの体を支えあって長いチェーンを作り、離れた葉を引き寄せて貝殻のように閉じ、それをツムギアリの幼虫が吐く繭作りのための糸でつなぎ合わせます。巣を作り始めて約１時間で、浮かぶ要塞のような巣の出来上がりです。アボリジニだけではなく、多くの熱帯地方でツムギアリは食用にされています。
ツムギアリ
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Queenslanders of ants
January 19 : Friday : fine
Most ants make their nests under the earth, but spin ant makes them on the high trees. Their nest-making is acrobatic. At first, countless number of ants make the long chain supporting their bodies each other. After that they pull the leaves to bind them together like the seashells. And then they tie them up with the threads that are excreated by their larvae for making cocoons. In about an hour the nest looks like an floating fortress gets completed. Spin ants are eaten by not only Aborigines but also in many tropical regions in the world.
spin ant
多くのアリは土の中に巣を作りますが、ツムギアリは高い木の上に作ります。巣作りの様子はまさに離れ業。何匹ものアリが互いの体を支えあって長いチェーンを作り、離れた葉を引き寄せて貝殻のように閉じ、それをツムギアリの幼虫が吐く繭作りのための糸でつなぎ合わせます。巣を作り始めて約１時間で、浮かぶ要塞のような巣の出来上がりです。アボリジニだけではなく、多くの熱帯地方でツムギアリは食用にされています。
ツムギアリ
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Queenslanders of ants
January 19 : Friday : fine
Most ants make their nests under the earth, but spin ant makes them on the high trees. Their nest-making is acrobatic. At first, countless number of ants make the long chain supporting their bodies each other. After that they pull the leaves to bind them together like the seashells. And then they tie them up with the threads that are excreated by their larvae for making cocoons. In about an hour the nest looks like an floating fortress gets completed. Spin ants are eaten by not only Aborigines but also in many tropical regions in the world.
spin ant
