Black Spider Ant - Leptomyrmex sp.
Subfamily Dolichoderinae
This page contains pictures and information about Black Spider Ants that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 12mm
- Spider Ants are fast moving, with long legs, long antenna, elongated head and thin body. When disturbed, they will have their gaster cocked up in the air.
- This Black Spider Ant is not as common as the Red Spider Ant. We found this Black Spider Ants in semi-rainforest area near Mt Coot-tha March 2008. The ant was wandering on forest floor alone. When we were talking its photos, it came to check our camera bag on the ground.
- This Black Spider Ants are black to dark brown in colour.
- Spider Ants build their nest in soil or in dead wood, and are often at the base of trees.
- Reference:
- 1. Genus Leptomyrmex - Australian Ants Online - S.O. Shattuck and N.J. Barnett, CSIRO 2001.
- 2. Ants - subfamily Dolichoderinae - by Nick Monaghan, lifeunseen.com.
- 3. Australian Ants: Their Biology and Identification - S Shattuck, Natalie J Barnett, CSIRO, 1999, p74.
