GIANT ANT QUEENS - Myrmecia brevinoda

These beautiful queens were all found at the edge of a bush at about 8:30 after rain, get looking in those conditions!

[@AntsVIC]

Amazing queens

[@RealMcSpoon]

Great job on the catch!

[@antsepping]

Thanks

[@Myrmessia]

nice job on finding them I can't seem to find any in my area.

[@antsepping]

Ahh don’t worry, it takes quite a while to get the exact right conditions to find them

[@vy5287]

How do you know these are queens, not regular worker or soldiers?

[@antsepping]

If you look closely on the top of the thorax, you can see a pair of scars where her wings once were, also the general size of the thorax, workers thorax is level with their head, while the queens one is bigger

[@antsepping]

Hope that helped 😊

[@MoreliaAustralia]

Did you find them in the morning or 8:30 at night? I have wild M. brevinoda at my place and I see the workers out hunting at night. I have just made a video of this.

[@antsepping]

At night

[@MoreliaAustralia]

@@antsepping Thanks.

[@antsepping]

@@MoreliaAustralia all good, good luck finding em

[@cyberjesus5705]

hi

[@antsepping]

Hello

[@cyberjesus5705]

thank you

[@cyberjesus5705]

is ant from africa or asia?@@antsepping

[@antsepping]

@@cyberjesus5705 Australia

[@cyberjesus5705]

aaaaaa I thought it was from another country, I only heard about the myrmesia but not the sp@@antsepping