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.
A Leptomyrmex rufipes forager grasps the wing of a grasshopper carcass to drag it back to her nest. Ants are important scavengers in terrestrial ecosystems.
Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
A Leptomyrmex rufipes forager grasps the wing of a grasshopper carcass to drag it back to her nest. Ants are important scavengers in terrestrial ecosystems.
Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
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