Green Tree Ant A Green Tree Ant worker adopts an aggressive
stance as it defends the nest. A Green Tree Ant nest in the
foliage of a tree. An adult Moth Butterfly, Liphyra brassolis.
The caterpillars of this butterfly live only inside Green Tree
Ant nests where they feed on ant larvae and pupae. Green Tree
Ants, sometimes called Weaver Ants, build balloon-shaped nests
among the foliage of trees and shrubs. Groups of workers pull
leaves close to each other and 'weave' them together with silk
produced by the larvae. A Green Tree Ant colony may consist of
many nests spread over several trees but there is only a single
queen. Green Tree Ants occur across northern Australia from the
Kimberly region in Western Australia to about Gladstone in
Queensland. They are found in all forest types but do not occur
in the highlands. Green Tree Ant workers are aggressive and
defend their nests by swarming onto the attacker. They cannot
sting but bite with their jaws and squirt a burning fluid from
the tip of the abdomen onto t