An ant of the species Iridomyrmex purpureus (center) lifts a leg in an aggressive display when she encounters ants from a different nest. Sebastian Pohl On August 12, 1886, Swiss scientist Auguste ...

spit. In lasso form. And it works! The large insect at the center of the photo is an ant (Iridomyrmex purpureus); she's the glossy behemoth you see right away, her butt to the left, head to the right.

Antennae from Australian meat ants, Iridomyrmex purpureus, contained a different chemical cocktail than those found on ants’ heads, legs or abdomens, the team found. When a worker ant’s ...

Two types of giant ants - the Myrmecia pyriformis on the right and an Iridomyrmex purpureus on the left - in comparison to a one-yuan coin. Photo: screenshot from Sina Weibo account of Xinhua News ...

Our first combatant was the Australian meat ant, Iridomyrmex purpureus. These large and beautiful ants, with their conspicuous gravelly nests, are familiar to many people in regional Australia as ...

Next, we observed a battle between the Australian meat ant (Iridomyrmex purpureus), a native Australian species, and the exotic Argentinean ant (Linepithema humile), known as a pest. Australian ...