Golden Black Sugar Ant
S2, Abdomen
Flinders Ranges
Golden Bearded Sugar Ant
S1, posterior
 
                      
Golden Bearded Sugar Ant (Camponotus aurocinctus)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Modern Ant (Ant: Formicidae Formicinae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Golden Bearded Sugar Ant (Camponotus aurocinctus)
This Photo:     🔍S1, dorsal🔎

Thank you Emmett Collins-Sussman for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Flinders Ranges and possibly elsewhere
What a stunning ant!

Copyright © 2023-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 11-Sep-2023
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.