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 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.
Little meat ants gather for a brawl. Kyogle, NSW.
Tiny black ants stuff their nest full of queen Aphaenogaster ants (Funnel Ants) after recent heavy rains. Kyogle, NSW.