Today I am back looking for some pictures around my garden, the hot weather makes me less excited today. Some animals are seen around my garden and I try to observe the beast that is very beautiful and I try to photograph some animals and one of them is ant A little black that once again perched on the flower tree, the black ant is very beautiful here I will explain a little about the life of black ants: Black ants Dolichoderus thoracicus Smith is an ant species that spread widely in Southeast Asia, especially in areas with less altitude From 1,300 meters above sea level. Black ants are commonly found in citrus, cocoa, coffee, and mango (Kalshoven, 1981). Black ants nests are usually above ground (piles of dry leaf litter) and also coconut leaf midrib (if cocoa is grown with coconut) or in other dry and dark places not far from food sources (Way and Khoo, 1992 ).
D. thoracicus black ants usually come out of their nests in the morning and evening when the temperature is not too hot. Ants will go to the tops of the plants to get the sunlight while running their activities. However, during the day when the temperature of the hot air, the ants will hide in places that are protected from direct sunlight, such as inside the nest, behind the leaves, on the ground, and others (Elzinga, 1978 in Rahmawadi, 1997 ).
D. thoracicus black ants belong to the Hymenoptera Order (clear winged insects) and enter the Familia Formicidae. According to Kalshoven (1981), the classification of D. thoracicus black ants is as follows:
Phylum: Arthropods
Class: Hexapoda
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Sub families: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species: Dolichoderus thoracicus Smith
Here are some types of black ants that I managed to capture with my san camera camera I also added a macro lens let me get a clearer picture.
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