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Ant Mastodon, can you ID this little lady? Spotted in the Glass House Mountains, south east Queensland.
I'm fairly sure it's a Spiny Ant from the genus Polyrhachis, but not sure if the species is P. ammon, P. brisbanensis, or something else.
Photo of an ant on a wooden surface, with its mandibles agape. It has spines protruding from its thorax and a golden sheen to its abdomen.
Photo of an ant on a wooden surface. The ant has spines protruding from its third, and a golden sheen to its abdomen.