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Red Spider Ant

Leptomyrmex rufipes

Description:

Elongate body to approx 12mm long, long slender legs. Walking around in leaf litter, moving quickly. For the majority of the time it had its abdomen erect, perhaps a response to me towering over it.

Habitat:

Leaf litter in shaded forest, James Cook University, Cairns QLD

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Andrea Lim
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Andrea Lim

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Feb 16, 2014
Submitted on Feb 21, 2014

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