When nature artist Franz Anthony found a caterpillar on a leaf rearing both its ends up at him, he thought it kind of looked two weaver ants. The color, the seemingly segmented body, the bulbs and ...

There’s a new ant–agonist on the pesticide market. According to a review published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, trees protected by weaver ants have less pests, less plant damage, and show an ...

While some ants are considered pests themselves, weaver ants from the genus Oecophylla are good pest controllers that actually help improve crop yields for farmers. According to a new review published ...