1. Location - my backyard,
2. Date of collection - 26/3/2018
3. Habitat of collection - on grass edge near pavement
4. Length 6-7mm
5. Coloration - black, with a reddish head in the sun, also limbs appear red in the sun, but mostly black to naked eye
I discovered these medium large black ants in my backyard yesterday.
They are about 6-7mm, about the size of the large Pheidole majors, but some a little bigger and have larger heads, maybe majors.
They appear black, but in the sun, the heads have a redd'ish colour.
They were taken on a worm this morning, next to a Pheidole nest, so I filmed them, and captured a few for photos.
The Pheidole in the video normally appear black, and the majors with dark red/purple heads, and one of the larger Pheidole species. But in bright sun on the video, they appear quite red....
