by Peter Rowland | Thursday, February 24, 2022
Giant Bull Ant Scientific Name: Myrmecia brevinoda Size: Total Length 26 mm What does it look like? The Giant Bull Ant or Bulldog Ant is variable in colour, but generally reddish-brown, with black abdomen, large eyes and powerful, forwards-projecting jaws. It...
by Peter Rowland | Thursday, October 22, 2020
Black-headed Sugar Ant Scientific Name: Camponotus nigriceps Size: Total Length 8-14mm What does it look like? The Black-headed Sugar Ant has a black head and abdomen (gaster), remainder of body brownish. Body smooth with sparse short hairs, longer and most numerous...
by Peter Rowland | Friday, November 13, 2020
Meat Ant Scientific Name: Iridomyrmex purpureus Size: Total Length 8-12 mm What does it look like? The Meat Ant is long-legged with large reddish-brown head and dark metallic bluish-black abdomen (gaster). Where is it found? Found throughout mainland Australia, and...
by Peter Rowland | Thursday, November 12, 2020
Green Ant Workers carrying a larvae Nest Scientific Name: Oecophylla smaragdina Size: Total Length (adult workers) 8-12 mm What does it look like? The Green Ant (or Green Tree Ant) is mostly orange with bright green abdomen (gaster). The colony has a single queen,...
