Iridomyrmex purpureus meat ants. These common insects make characteristic pebbly clearings around their nests.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
A queen ant in 15 million year old Dominican amber.
Long spines on this Dolichoderus doriae ant protect the vulnerable neck and waist joints.

Powers Lookout, Victoria, Australia
Dolichoderus doriae

Powers Lookout, Victoria, Australia
Oecophylla smaragdina

Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus spider ant.

Harrietville, Victoria, Australia
Opisthopsis respiciens strobe ant.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Portrait of a Melophorus worker.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Crematogaster acrobat ant workers taking nectar from a lily. 

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Iridomyrmex purpureus meat ants. These common insects make characteristic pebbly clearings around their nests.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Iridomyrmex purpureus meat ants. These common insects make characteristic pebbly clearings around their nests.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Iridomyrmex purpureus meat ants. These common insects make characteristic pebbly clearings around their nests.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
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