黄猄蚁

黃猄蟻

huángjīngyǐ

noun

Measure Word

一只黄猄蚁 zhī

Meanings

1 weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina)

Characters

muntjac deer (regional)

Examples

黄猄蚁用幼虫吐出的丝把树叶缝合成巢。

Huángjīngyǐ yòng yòuchóng tǔchū de sī bǎ shùyè fénghéchéng cháo.

Weaver ants stitch leaves together into nests using silk produced by their larvae.

华南柑橘园自古就用黄猄蚁防治害虫。

Huánán gānjú yuán zìgǔ jiù yòng huángjīngyǐ fángzhì hàichóng.

South China citrus orchards have used weaver ants for pest control since ancient times.

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history

Southern Chinese citrus growers have used 黄猄蚁 as a biocontrol agent for over 1,700 years — the practice is documented in Ji Han's 嵇含 «南方草木状» (c. 304 CE), making it one of the earliest recorded examples of biological pest control anywhere in the world.

Stroke Order

黄 huáng

猄 jīng

蚁 yǐ