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Iridomyrmex reburrus - meat ant
Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia

photograph © Alex Wild 2004

A pair of meat ant workers along a foraging trail in northern Australia. Notice the iridescent reflections off the surface of these ants.  This coloration gives these ants their latin name Iridomyrmex, or "rainbow ant". 

 
Australia, QLD: Coen.
25.viii.2004, 13º56.355'S 143º11.969'E, 200m
Disturbed sclerophyll woodland.
#AW2511, voucher specimens deposited at ALWC

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This image was captured with a Canon EOS D60, with a Canon 65/2.8 MPE 1-5x Macro lens.