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Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta) are coppery brown in colour. Nests will show a mix of sizes being 2-6mm in length. Workers measure between 2.4 and 6.0 mm.

Pharaoh’s ants (Monomorium pharaonis) a species which is rare in Australia but fairly common in Europe and the USA.

Coastal brown ants (Pheidole megacephala) a species which can usually be found within buildings and under paths or in rockeries, throwing out piles of soil and debris...

Pennant Ants are light yellow-brown to red head and thorax and a black abdomen. They are approximately 4mm in length.

Pedicel Ants are extremely small, inconspicuous, drab brown, soft-bodied ant, averaging 1.5mm in length.

Odorous ants (Tapinoma minutum) have a distinct odour similar to rancid butter when crushed. They have one small flattened node on pedicel

The green-headed ant, Rhytidoponera metallica, often simply referred to as the green ant, or sometimes the green-head ant or the metallic pony ant, is a metallic-green coloured ant.

Ghost ants are very small ants, the workers are 2mm long and have a pale, almost translucent abdomen and legs, hence the name. The head and thorax are a deep brown colour.

Funnel ants are a shiny brown ant with obvious hair covering head. Body size is 5.0 – 8.0 mm (workers are of variable size), with two nodes on petiole.

The longhorned crazy/hairy ant is easy to identify due to both its erratic movements and its extremely long antennae.