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Iridomyrmex sp.
South Australia

photograph © Alex Wild 2005

Iridomyrmex ants are one of the most ubiquitous and diverse elements of the Australian ant fauna.  Here a trail of a small species comes and goes out of a busy nest entrance.

 
Australia, SA: Peebinga Conservation Park
34º58.268'S 140º48.090'E, 80m, 11.x.2005 
Mallee scrub forest, nest in soil.

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