Doleromyrma darwiniana worker tending to developing larvae. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

Australian Ants

The wayward southern continent of Australia is famous for the strange and relictual creatures that have evolved in nearly complete isolation. The ants are no exception. Australia's ant fauna is both diverse and exceptionally abundant, with a host of species found nowhere else.

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A Crematogaster acrobat ant worker tends eucalypt scale insects for honeydew.

Harrietville, Victoria, Australia

Portrait of an Australian acrobat ant.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Doleromyrma darwiniana worker tending to developing larvae.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Dolichoderus scabridus

Harrietville, Victoria, Australia

Dolichoderus scabridus tending an extra-floral nectary.

Adelaide, South Australia

Long spines on this Dolichoderus doriae ant protect the vulnerable neck and waist joints.

Powers Lookout, Victoria, Australia

Echinopla australis

Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia

Epopostruma frosti worker foraging on a Eucalyptus trunk.

Peebinga Conservation Park, South Australia

Eurhopalothrix procera - a worker ant delicately handles a freshly-laid egg.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia

Doleromyrma darwiniana worker tending to developing larvae.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Doleromyrma darwiniana worker tending to developing larvae.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Doleromyrma darwiniana worker tending to developing larvae.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

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Keywords: larvae dolichoderinae worker ant brood nest brood care

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