(Ants) Rangrang or buffer (Oecophylla) is a rather large-sized ant that is known to have a high ability in forming webbing for its nest. In English he is called weaver ant or "weaver ant". Rangrang as many other ants are social insects and form colonies. Rangular colonies can be very high in population.
In the world are known two types rangrang still survive. The rest is found in fossil form. The first type is rangrang asia (O. smaragdina) is widespread from Pakistan to northern Australia and African rangrang (O. longinoda) which inhabits the tropics of Africa.
This insect is territorial (keep its place of life) and temperament "grumpy". Rangrang did not hesitate to attack anything approaching the area of activity. Because of this behavior, many fruit tree owners in Southeast Asia are using it to keep the fruit from being ripe. Apart from being a guard, rangrang utilized humans as a source of feed pet birds chirping. The larvae are known as Kroto and are favored by insectivorous birds. Kroto is a secondary trading commodity in addition to farmers' income.
