Melophorus hirsutus
A foraging worker of the morphologically unusual species Melophorus hirsutus. Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Melophorus turneri
Ants work to carry excavated pebbles from their nest. Wurdiboluc Reservoir, Victoria, Australia.
Sugarloaf Reservoir, Victoria, Australia.
Portrait of a Melophorus worker. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
A worker ant clears a twig from her nest entrance. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia.
Melophorus sp. ants drag an earwig back to the nest. Notice the different sizes of worker ants- this species is polymorphic in the worker caste. Poochera, South Australia
Melophorus sp. worker carries an earwig carcass back to her nest. Poochera, South Australia
Melophorus, a thermophilic genus native to Australia, contains some of the fastest ants in the world. Poochera, South Australia
Melophorus sp., worker and males. Notice the mites riding on the body of the ant on the right- ants often carry a load of mites. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
