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PCD1637 -01 Plagiolepis sp, Poochera, SA Normal and replete workers from a field-excavated nest. The replete is probably storing water. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-02 Camponotus inflatus, Alice Springs, NT Repletes of the "sugar bag ant". The sweet-tasting "honey pots" of this species are excavated from their nests by local Aboriginal people and eaten as a delicacy. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-03 Melophorus bagoti, Alice Springs, NT Repletes of this species have a nauseous taste, and are not eaten by local Aboriginal people. Observations suggest that repletes are found in all Melophorus species. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-04 Leptomyrmex spp., New South Wales Repletes of two species. These probably serve to store water in the nests. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-05 Oecophylla leakeyi Mfwangano Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya Fossilized pupae (lower Miocene). These exquisite calcite casts were collected by the famous paleontologists Louis and Mary Leakey, and described by Edward O. Wilson and Robert W. Taylor in 1964 (Psyche, 71:93-103). (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-06 Oecophylla leakeyi Mfwangano Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya A remarkable fossilized cluster of hatchling larvae, and the detached head of an adult worker. (lower Miocene). (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-07 Strumigenys sp These scanning electron micrographs illustrate the remarkable jaw-trap mechanism of this and other dacetine ants. The clypeus is raised and holds the strongly muscled jaws apart. When the projecting sensory clypeal hairs contact prey the clypeus is lowered to release the tensioned jaw trap. (C.D. Beaton and R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-08 Oecophylla smaragdina, Innisfail, N. Qld A worker standing on a portion of the nest spun from larval silk. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-09 Oecophylla smaragdina, Innisfail, N. Qld Workers above and within the silken wall of their nest. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-10 Oecophylla smaragdina, Innisfail, N. Qld Workers drawing leaves together in readiness for joining with larval silk. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-11 Oecophylla smaragdina, Innisfail, N. Qld Workers drawing leaves together in readiness for joining with larval silk. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-12 Linepithema humile, Perth, WA A queen and workers of the notorious Argentine Ant , a major pest in many parts of the world, dispersed by human trade. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-13 Pheidole megacephala (), Sydney, NSW Minor workers and a major (soldier) of the Madeira ant ("coastal brown ant" in Australia), a very widespread tropical and temperate zone pestiferous vagrant ant originating in Africa. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-14 Monomorium destructor Darwin, NT Workers of the Singapore ant, a pestiferous tramp species, found extensively in SE Asia, Melanesia and northern Australia. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-15 Solenopsis geminata; Darwin, NT The Pacific fire ant, wide-ranging in Polynesia, Melanesia, northern Australia and elsewhere. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-16 Technomyrmex albipes, Canberra, ACT The white-footed house ant. a common domestic pest in Australia and New Zealand. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-17 Ochetellus glaber (Ant), Canberra, ACT The black house ant. a common domestic pest in Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-18 Myrmecia chasei, Esperance, WA Two workers of this small bulldog ant, at the entrance to their nest in a stable coastal sand dune. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-19 Crematogaster sp., Poochera, SA Foraging workers photographed at night at honey bait on a tree trunk. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-20 Iridomyrmex sp., Canberra, ACT Alate, virgin queens and workers at their nest entrance prior to the mating flight. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-21 Iridomyrmex sp., Canberra, ACT Males and workers near their nest entrance prior to the release of males for the annual mating flight. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-23 Onychomyrmex hedleyi, Lake Eacham National Park, N Qld Group-foraging workers returning a captured geophilid centipede (the favored prey of this species) to their nest (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-24 Onychomyrmex hedleyi, Lake Eacham Nat Park, N Qld Group-foraging workers returning a captured earthworm to their nest (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-27 Myrmecia tarsata, Lake George, NSW A worker and pupal cocoons in an observation nest. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-28 Myrmecia tarsata, Lake George, NSW A queen. The queens of this species are "ergatoid" (worker-like), flightless and with reduced trunk structure. They mate with males not while flying, but when promenading on low vegetation. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-29 Myrmecia pilosula, Korang River Bridge, NSW The jack-jumper, a baneful species with a powerful sting, the venom of which can cause severe anaphylaxis in stung humans, sometimes death . (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-31 Leptomyrmex sp., Point Lookout, NSW A foraging worked of this large, long-legged dolichoderine ant. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-32 Myopopone castanea, Iron Range, N Qld A worker of this rare, rotten-log-nesting SE Asian, Melanesian and northern Australian rainforest-inhabiting species transporting a larva. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-33 Myopopone castanea, Iron Range, N Qld Workers and larvae from a breached nest in a dissected rotten log. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-34 Myopopone castanea, Iron Range, N Qld A worker and larva in an observation nest. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-35 Myrmecia gulosa, Nowra, NSW A worker with mature larvae which have been banked with soil to facilitate cocoon spinning. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-36 Myrmecia gulosa, Nowra, NSW A male of the common Sydney-area red bulldog ant. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-37 Rev Bede. Lowery and Dr Bob. Taylor at work in the National Insect Collection (CSIRO Division of Entomology), Canberra. (delayed action photograph - R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-38 Drs Kazuo Ogata and Hirotami Imai excavating a nest of Myrmecia chasei near Esperance, WA (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-39 Nothomyrmecia macrops, ?Thomas River, WA The two type specimens used by John Clark in 1934 when drafting the original description of this important species . |
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PCD1637-40 Nothomyrmecia macrops, Poochera, SA Cooperating colony-founding queens collected nesting together in the field, with larvae and an egg (observation nest). (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-41 Nothomyrmecia macrops, Poochera, SA Cooperating colony-founding queens collected nesting together in the field, with a larva and a cocoon-enclosed pupa (observation nest) (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-42 Nothomyrmecia macrops, Poochera, SA Cooperating colony-founding queens collected nesting together in the field, with larvae and an egg (observation nest). (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-43 Nothomyrmecia macrops, Poochera, SA Workers and alate, virgin queens with pupal cocoons in an observation nest. The short wings are characteristic of the queens of this species. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-44 Nothomyrmecia macrops, Poochera, SA The queen, workers, an egg, larvae and cocoon-enclosed pupae - demonstrating the developmental stages of the world's most archaic ant. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-45 Nothomyrmecia macrops, Poochera, SA The nest queen (lower left), males and workers in an observation nest standing over larvae and pupae. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-46 Nothomyrmecia macrops, Poochera, SA Foraging workers photographed at night while feeding at honey bait on a tree trunk. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-47 Nothomyrmecia macrops, Poochera, SA Workers from the first series collected when this species was rediscovered in 1977 over 40 years after its original collection in 1932/33. (R.W. Taylor, 23 October, 1977). |
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PCD1637-48 Nothomyrmecia macrops, Poochera, SA Males and workers in an observation nest standing over pupal cocoons. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-49 Nothomyrmecia macrops, Poochera, SA Workers at night attracted to honey bait on a tree trunk. The smaller ant is a Meranoplus worker. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-50 Nothomyrmecia macrops, Poochera, SA Foraging workers restrained at dusk under a petrie dish placed over their nest entrance (lower centre). This trapping method has been commonly used in field behavioural research on Nothomyrmecia. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-51 Nothomyrmecia macrops, Historical series John Lawrence, Bob Taylor and John Feehan dissecting the felled "Eureka tree", Poochera, South Australia, 23 October, 1977. (M.S. Upton). |
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PCD1637-52 Nothomyrmecia macrops, Historical series Don Colless and Bob Taylor surveying the "Eureka tree", Poochera, South Australia, 23 October, 1977. (M.S. Upton). |
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PCD1637-53 Nothomyrmecia macrops, Historical series, Bob Taylor searching for a nest entrance at the "Eureka tree", Poochera, South Australia, 23 October, 1977 (M.S. Upton). |
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PCD1637-54 Nothomyrmecia macrops, Historical series Bob Taylor and Murray Upton beside the "Eureka tree" Poochera, South Australia, 23 October, 1977 (D.H. Colless). |
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PCD1637-55 Nothomyrmecia macrops, Historical series The old Poochera-Streaky Bay road, 23 October, 1997. The parked expedition vehicles are on the left, and the yellow ribbon on "Eureka tree" is just visible at the extreme right. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-56 Nothomyrmecia macrops, Historical series The "Eureka tree" in the foreground, and the expedition vehicles across the road in the background. Nothomyrmecia was rediscovered within a few metres of the October 1977 campsite. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-57 Nothomyrmecia macrops, Historical series, Poochera, SA Probably the first ever photograph of this significant species (certainly the first following the 22 October, 1977 rediscovery). A worker is shown standing on an illustration published by John Clark with the original Nothomyrmecia description in 1934. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-58 Myrmecia gulosa, Nowra, NSW An alert foraging worker. This species was first collected at Botany Bay, NSW by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander, ashore from Captain Cook's, Endeavour in April 1770. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-59 Myrmecia gulosa, Nowra, NSW Workers and eggs (observation nest). The small workers are specialised brood attenders, rarely seen outside the nests (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-60 Myrmecia gulosa, Nowra, NSW Resting workers on the back wall of an observation nes. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-61 Myrmecia gulosa, Nowra, NSW Attendant workers with small larvae feeding on insect prey (observation nest) (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-62 Myrmecia gulosa, Nowra, NSW Attendant workers with small larvae feeding on insect prey (observation nest) (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-63 Myrmecia gulosa, Nowra, NSW Workers and large, almost mature larvae (observation nest) (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-64 Myrmecia gulosa, Nowra, NSW Workers with mature larvae which have been banked with soil to facilitate cocoon spinning. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-65 Myrmecia gulosa, Nowra, NSW Workers with mature larvae which have been banked with soil to facilitate cocoon spinning. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-66 Myrmecia gulosa, Nowra, NSW Workers with cocoon-enclosed pupae. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-67 Myrmecia gulosa, Nowra, NSW The mother queen and a worker from a colony housed in an observation nest. Note the larger size of the queen, and her more complex thoracic structure. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-68 Myrmecia gulosa, Nowra, NSW Two workers attacking a heavily armoured (and eventually sting-proof) amyctenine weevil which had strayed on to their nest mound. (R.W. Taylor). |
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PCD1637-69 Nothomyrmecia macrops, Poochera, SA Workers at night attracted to honey bait on a tree trunk. (R.W. Taylor) |
