This ant features a black body with dark reddish to brown legs the gaster features sparse yellowish hairs.

At a glance

Sugar Ant at a glance

Habitat Often found on the leaves and branches of trees
Size Can grow to around 10mm
Origin Native
Distribution Eastern Australian from QLD to Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Eastern Australian from QLD to Tasmania
Habitat
Often found on the leaves and branches of trees
Size
Can grow to around 10mm
Common Name Sugar Ant
Aliases No Known Aliases
Origin Native
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
SubphylumHexapoda
ClassInsecta
SubclassPterygotes
SuperfamilyVespoidea
SubfamilyFormicinae
Synonyms

Synonyms

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Updated Sun 25 Sep 2022 @ 00:00 AM
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