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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
	Family:	Modern Ant (Ant: Formicidae Formicinae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Small Arid Honey-carrying Ant (Melophorus sp ES02)
	This Photo:	🔍Queen, Dorsal & Petiole🔎
	Other name:	Furnace Ant
	Thank you Kate Sandiford for identifying and Emmett Collins-Sussman for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~4mm long, Dealate Queen. Has visible ocelli & marks on it's back where the wings detatched. Given queens are the largest caste in a nest, it must be a different species to our previous find.
	Copyright © 2021-2025 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 04-Apr-2021
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.