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Camponotus ephippium - sugar ant
South Australia

photograph © Alex Wild 2005

A major worker guards the nest entrance, her blocky head only slightly smaller than the entranceway.  She prevents outsiders from entering the nest, but when a nestmate come along, she gets out of the way.

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


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