.. 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...*
On 1/21/10, MAX OVERTON <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 Overton http://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 out http://julesphotographiccreations.blogspot.com/ > > > > *This message was created using recycled letters from deleted emails* > > > > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [efloraofindia:26661] From Ranganthitoo - Ant Nest on tree > Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:19:59 +0530 > > > 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 > > Phones: +91 (020) 25608155, 25608164. Fax: +91-20-25608100 > Email: [email protected] and [email protected] > Cellphone: +91-9823338227 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > >--
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