The Abundance of Waever Ants (Oecophylla) in Several Stands

at Wanagama I, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine preference of host; population

dynamics; and biology of weaver ants (food transport activity and
composition of waever ants also other Arthropod in the nest) in several
stands in Wanagama I.
This study was conducted in the Wanagama I: Acacia mangium,
Tectona grandis, Switenia macrophylla, Eucalyptus pellita and Gmelina
arborea stands. Data were taken once a month from March to June 2013.
The data collection method used bait trap; monitoring of food transport
activity of weaver ants: in the morning, at the noon, and in the afternoon;
monitoring of nest abundance, composition of weaver ants and other
Arthropod in the nest of weaver ants.
The result showed that the weaver ants were found in the Acacia and
Eucalyptus stands. The population of weaver ants was increasing as the
increase of rainfall and food abundance. The highest food transport activity
was in the morning. The composition of other Arthropod in the nest of
weaver ants were: Isoptera, Homoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera,
Coleoptera, Orthoptera, Hymenoptera, Acarina, and Araneae; in the nest
was found weaver ants in imago (caste of major and minor worker ants),
larva, and pupa phase.
Keyword: weaver ants, stand, and arthropod.

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