Seen within a nature reserve. Noticed one or two larger workers among the many normal sized ones. I think this ant prefers to come out on hot sunny days because I was at the same spot two days later, when it was cooler and overcast after a little bit of rain, and they were nowhere to be seen.
Mmmmmm ants, one of those things where I know a bit but not a lot. A quick browse of iNat sightings suggests Leptogenys. A quick look at ALA and AntWiki shows nothing too similar, except maybe Myopias but they are different enough to exclude. But here we reach an impasse, for all the species are very similar and there is no easy way to differentiate them without specimens. Oh well. Leptogenys it is!
A single large ant frantically running away because I got too close. Seen on the way to the viewing platforms, mid-afternoon.
When I started taking these photos I was completely confused. I thought for a minute that it was going to be a weird katydid. I was really surprised to work out that it was an ant with it's abdomen folded over. Sensible Tasmanian ants would never consider such a thing ;-). Leptomyrmex?
Many tracks of all sizes
Flimsy and soft at end. Found near a marsh.
Saw an adult as well in characteristic root-tangle above the water but did not get a photo as it fled
Caught in groundhog trap by mistake. Released in nearby wilderness area.