|
| |
Furnace Ant - Melophorus sp.
Subfamily Formicinae
- This page contains pictures and information about Furnace Ants that we found in
the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
-
 - Worker body length 8 and 10mm
-
- We notice this group of ants when a steam of winged class ants coming out
from the nest entry. When a bit of disturbed, the winged class ants stopped
coming out but the workers came out and looked for intruders. When further
disturbed, workers rushed back into the nest. When we retreated,
the steam of winged class ants resumed their coming out.
They flied away soon after they came out from the entrance.
-
 -
- There were at least two different sizes of the workers. There were also two
different sizes of the winged class. We believed they were males and female.
-
 -
- Photos were taken in Carbrook Wetland on Jan 2010.
-
- Reference:
- 1. Australian
Ants: Their Biology and Identification - S Shattuck, Natalie J
Barnett, CSIRO, 1999, p96.
- 2. Melophorus Lubbock, 1883 - CSIRO, 2010. Ants Down Under, viewed 12 April 2010, <http://anic.ento.csiro.au/ants>.
[ Up ] [ Large Purple Meat Ant ] [ Red-headed Tyrant Ant ] [ Black Tyrant Ant ] [ Brown Tyrant Ant ] [ Red Spider Ant ] [ Black Spider Ant ] [ Large Dolly Ant ] [ Small Dolly Ant ] [ Spiny Dolly Ant ] [ ? Ant ]
| |
|
