yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) A dead gecko being dragged away by yellow crazy ants in India
Description
English: A dead lizard being dragged away by Yellow Crazy Ants
Image taken at Guruji Road, Vattioorkavu, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Date 4 June 2011
Author Dinakarr
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:YellowCrazyAnt-Dinakarr-4May11.JPG
The yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) is a species of ant, introduced accidentally to northern Australia and Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, that has caused ecological damage in both locations and is now found in the northern suburbs of Brisbane. The yellow crazy ant’s natural habitat is not known, but it has been speculated that the species originated in West Africa. Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Formicidae, Genus: Anoplolepis, Species: Anoplolepis gracilipes F. Smith, 1857.
Synonyms:
Formica longipes
Plagiolepis longipes
Anoplolepis longipes