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Epopostruma frosti - trap-jaw ant
South Australia

photograph © Alex Wild 2005

The boxy mid-section and wing scars of this trap-jaw ant indicates that this is a queen ant.  Queens of most ant species are winged for the first part of their adult lives.  The thoracic structure is enlarged to house flight muscles.  Compare this ant to a worker of the same species.

 
Australia, SA: Peebinga Conservation Park
34º58.268'S 140º48.090'E, 80m, 11.x.2005
Mallee scrub forest after dark, on Eucalyptus trunk.


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