Wingless queen wandering over grains of sand, foraging or looking for a new nest site. Woodgate, Qld.
Tiny worker ant (Poss. Pheidole sp.) removes a large grain of sand from the nest. Woodgate, Qld.
Cardiocondyla ants around a food store. Woodgate, Qld.
Crematogaster ants in the underneath of a Lemon Myrtle flower doing things to strange looking things. Kyogle, NSW.
Ants often share food with each other, here they transfer nectar inside a red Hibiscus flower. Kyogle, NSW.
Leptomyrmex ant drags a honey bee carcass home for dinner. Or something. Girraween, Qld.
Hairy Crematogaster ant on the flower of a grass tree. Girraween, Qld.
Dolichoderus ant tends her little lerp factory on a gum leaf. There is a clutch of tiny orange eggs directly under the ant. Girraween NP, Qld.
Golden tailed Dolichoderus ants (Dolichoderus scabridus) tend lerps on a gum leaf. Girraween NP, Qld.
Doli ant tests a lerp for honeydew. Psyllids build lerps to protect themselves and ants enhance that protection in return for honeydew. Girraween, Qld.
Lepisiota frauenfeldi in a captive colony at Biosecurity Queensland. Moggill, Qld.
Lepisiota frauenfeldi in a captive colony at Biosecurity Queensland. Moggill, Qld.
Lepisiota frauenfeldi in a captive colony at Biosecurity Queensland. Moggill, Qld.
Lepisiota frauenfeldi in a captive colony at Biosecurity Queensland. Moggill, Qld.
Lepisiota frauenfeldi in a captive colony at Biosecurity Queensland. Moggill, Qld.