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Oct 18, 2018 08:47 |  #1

These Golden Tailed Spiny Ants were found on a recent trip away to Jurien Bay (Western Australia)
They had a nest in the sand dunes among the succulents

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Oct 18, 2018 15:09 |  #2

Its hard to tell from the photos, but they look rather large for an ant.

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Oct 18, 2018 15:26 |  #3

Beautiful species, never seen it before. Thanks for sharing.




  
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Oct 18, 2018 18:19 |  #4

ed57gmc wrote in post #18731617 (external link)
Its hard to tell from the photos, but they look rather large for an ant.


They are about 10mm long, not big around here when we get bull ants upto 30mm long ;)

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Oct 19, 2018 00:13 |  #5

Lovely shots of an interesting ant

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Oct 19, 2018 10:28 |  #6

Nice!




  
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Lovely shots of an interesting species, 10mm is quite a chunky ant wow!

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Oct 21, 2018 02:27 |  #8

Nice ones Rick. We have similar species here, but with a domed back.

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Oct 21, 2018 02:49 |  #9

S.R.M. wrote in post #18733277 (external link)
Nice ones Rick. We have similar species here, but with a domed back.

Doesn't yours have golden hairs on their backs ?
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