Camponotus consobrinus, the banded sugar ant, so-named for the yellow "belt" across its waist.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Camponotus consobrinus, the banded sugar ant, so-named for the yellow "belt" across its waist.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Camponotus consobrinus - banded sugar ant. Here, a worker stands guard in case the photographer approaches her nest too closely.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Camponotus consobrinus, the banded sugar ant, so-named for the yellow "belt" across its waist.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Camponotus consobrinus, the banded sugar ant, so-named for the yellow "belt" across its waist.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Camponotus consobrinus, the banded sugar ant, so-named for the yellow "belt" across its waist.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
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