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NateKingsford wrote:

Yesterday

Hey @ChrisBAllen The size could be due to the ant being a nanitic or the colony not finding enough food. I've been able to get up very close for macro photography of many Myrmecia thanks to cold weather, sometimes you'll find the ants sitting motionless if it's super cold.

I appreciate your comments as it allows for criticism of ID's and further improves the knowledge for said animal. Stay curious

Myrmecia gulosa

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

Yesterday

Compare and contrast with alternative identification candidate species: _Ficus watkinsiana_ .

Looking out for figs stalks 10 mm – 20 mm long, (not short stalks less than 10 mm long in _Ficus rubiginosa_).

Looking out for rusty hairs on the undersides of fresh young leaves (not green and glabrous (hairless) on leaves undersides and uppersides in _Ficus watkinsiana_) .

Ref': https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Ficus
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Ficus macrophylla

jonvanbeest wrote:

Yesterday

Thank you Jason.

Ackama paniculosa

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

Yesterday

Her again !!! :) : _Ackama paniculosa_ .
Excellent photographs of botanical features !
Including emphasising these two stipels on the compound leaf's rachis between the joints of these two leaflets !

Ackama paniculosa

ChrisBAllen wrote:

Yesterday

Hey @NateKingsford, thanks for that bit of detail about the mandibles, and the abdomen did bother me. It must just be a small specimen (and cold so less aggressive 😊). Cheers

Myrmecia gulosa