Adelaide's Muscle Man Ant S1, ventral | Muscular Ant Queen, profile | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera) | ||||
Family: | Small Ant (Ant: Formicidae Myrmicinae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Muscular Ant (Podomyrma sp) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍Queen, dorsal🔎 | ||||
Thank you Kate Sandiford for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~6mm long. So far we have only found a Queen that has lost it's wings (dealate) walking on the ground. The strange shape on her back is the area where the wings were connected. Ants lose these on purpose when they have mated. Kate said these often live high up in tree tops, so trying baits at the base may attract some workers. | |||||
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