0085: Asian Weaver Ant
Formicicdae
Biak, W. Papua
0086: Highlands Spider Wasp,
with leaf-curling spider.
Phonognatha sp.
Dogobak, W. Papua



0087: White-tailed Stingless Bee
Trigona sp.
Kutai Nat Park, Kalimantan
0088:Stingless Bee
Trigona sp.
Gunung Leuser, Sumatra

   
  HYMONOPTERA
(SE Asian Ants, Wasps & Bees)
   
     
 
Anyone having the pleasure (sometimes dubious) of experiencing the green cathedrals of South-east Asia would have had, at times, small persistant bees drinking sweat from the corners of their eyes, among other places. They also may have blundered into a weaver ant trail, or worse, a leaf nest and been bitten and dutifully sprayed with formic acid. Worst of all they may have been climbing a tree and inadvertently grasped a branch supporting a paper-nest wasp colony. These ‘worst case’ Hymenopteran scenarios should never mask the normally innocuous ant, wasp and bee experiences that can be sought in such places.


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