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English: A Calomyrmex species of native ant. This example was flying across the litter above the second part of the Inny and Outty track; hence the difficulty in getting good photos. While this group of ants has no accepted common name, calo as a prefix means 'beauty' and myrmex means 'ant'. Hence Beauty Ant is not a bad common name.
Calomyrmex are spectacularly coloured, iridescent ants (often blue, purple or green) that are found throughout Australia as well as in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Workers are alert and surface foraging and have the amusing habit of running around frantically with their gasters (abdomens) raised when disturbed. They also secrete a coloured fluid from their mandibles which serves as an additional alarm pheromone as well as a defense mechanism as it is highly repulsive. Much more at www.antwiki.org/wiki/Calomyrmex |
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| Author | Macleay Grass Man |
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