Painted Strobe Ant - Opisthopsis pictus
Subfamily Formicinae
This page contains pictures and information about Painted Strobe Ants that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 5mm
- Those ants run rapidly with short, jerky motions. They have very large eyes on top edges of their head, with good vision and can see backwards. Their body is most black with orange pronotum and orange eye spots pattern on gaster. They usually found hunting individually or in group on floor or on tree trunk.
- This ant look similar to the Black-headed Strobe Ant except smaller in size and with dark waist and legs. They are quite common in Brisbane bushes
- They are commonly called the Strobe Ants because of their rapid and jerking movement.
- Reference:
- 1. Ants - genus Opisthopsis - by Nick Monaghan, lifeunseen.com.
