© "Puli urumbu" (പുലി ഉറുമ്പ്) means tiger ant in Malayalam. It usually refers to a large type of red ant (weaver ant / ഒണത്തുരുമ്പ് / Oecophylla smaragdina), known for its painful sting. Locally, people call it puli urumbu because its bite is fiery and strong like a tiger’s attack. These ants are reddish-orange in color, live in groups, and build nests by weaving leaves together using silk produced by their larvae. They are very aggressive in defending their colonies. ____________ The Puli Urumbu (Weaver Ant / Oecophylla smaragdina) belongs to this scientific classification: Kingdom: Animalia : Phylum Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Formicidae (Ant family) Genus: Oecophylla Species: Oecophylla smaragdina 🟢 Family = Formicidae