Pheidole sp. (genus)

Seed-harvesting ant at Fraser, ACT

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Pheidole sp. (genus) 28 Oct 2020 JonLewis
Pheidole sp. (genus) 28 Oct 2020 JonLewis
Unverified 28 Oct 2020 trevorpreston

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JonLewis wrote:
   28 Oct 2020
Hi tpreston, the big ants with the giant heads and the small ants with the normal heads are all the same species of ant. Pheidole often has extremely large "majors" compared with the normal "minor" workers. Cheers, Jon

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