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Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus spider ants scurry to carry brood to safety after the photographer uncovers their nest. Harrietville, Victoria, Australia
Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus spider ants scurry to carry brood to safety after the photographer uncovers their nest. Harrietville, Victoria, Australia
Spider ants (Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus) store liquid food in the swollen abdomens of replete workers. Harrietville, Victoria, Australia
Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus spider ants scurry to carry brood to safety after the photographer uncovers their nest. Harrietville, Victoria, Australia
Leptomyrmex unicolor Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Leptomyrmex rufipes. A spider ant worker, gaster raised characteristically above her body. Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
Leptomyrmex rufipes workers cooperate to bring a grasshopper carcass back to their nest. 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
A Leptomyrmex darlingtoni spider ant climbs a small bush with a larva after the photographer has disturbed her nest. The greatly distended gaster indicates that this ant is a replete who functions within the nest as a living storage chamber for liquids. Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
Leptomyrmex unicolor

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Leptomyrmex unicolor Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Leptomyrmex unicolor

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
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