alexwild > Nothomyrmecia macrops Dinosaur Ant - South Australia.

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alexwild > The most famous of Australian ants for ant scientists is the beautiful Dinosaur ant, Nothomyrmecia macrops.  This ant has a number of primitive features and is similar to some Cretaceous fossil species.  Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.

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alexwild > A Dinosaur Ant, Nothomyrmecia macrops.  These enigmatic ants are found only in a particular type of mallee forest habitat in parts of South Australia.  They forage on very cold nights.  

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alexwild > A queen Dinosaur ant Nothomyrmecia macrops. Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.

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alexwild > Nothomyrmecia macrops dinosaur ants only leave their nests on cold nights.  Here a young queen rests on a tree branch.  These beautiful, honey-colored ants are similar to species known from Cretaceous fossils.  Today, they are only known from scattered locations in South Australia. 

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Nothomyrmecia macrops Dinosaur Ant - South Australia.

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alexwild > Nothomyrmecia macrops Dinosaur Ant - South Australia.

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Nothomyrmecia macrops Dinosaur Ant - South Australia.

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