Sharp-jawed ants (Orectognathus darlingtoni)

Orectognathus darlingtoni · Orectognathus
Sharp-jawed ants (Orectognathus darlingtoni). Flights follow the wet season here rather than a fixed calendar month. Small to medium (~4-6mm), brown to reddish-brown, with a distinctively spiny mesosoma and elongated mandibles. Recorded near 1 of the 306 locations Dealate tracks.

When do sharp-jawed ants fly?

Flights follow the wet season here rather than a fixed calendar month.

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Queen appearance

Small to medium (~4-6mm), brown to reddish-brown, with a distinctively spiny mesosoma and elongated mandibles. · typical for this genus
slow, deliberate stalking gait typical of trap-jaw-style predators
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Recorded near

Cairns

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