Ant colonies usually start small.  Here a young bull ant queen (Myrmecia pyriformis) tends to a larva in her incipient nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Predator and prey: Myrmecia pyriformis with a european hornet.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Myrmecia pyriformis
Myrmecia forficata

Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia
Ant colonies usually start small.  Here a young bull ant queen (Myrmecia pyriformis) tends to a larva in her incipient nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Myrmecia pyriformis, brown bull ant queen.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Few ants are able to make a European wasp look as small as does this enormous Myrmecia pyriformis bull ant.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Predator and prey: Myrmecia pyriformis with a european hornet.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Few ants are able to make a European wasp look as small as does this enormous Myrmecia pyriformis bull ant.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Myrmecia pyriformis, brown bull ant queen.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Myrmecia pyriformis, brown bull ant queen.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Myrmecia pyriformis, brown bull ant queen.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
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