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Messor capensis

This huge harvester ant - around 2cm long - was calmly walking across the pavement in St. Paul's. From the size I guess it's a queen.

 

It looks slightly different from the ant I identified as M. capensis in South Africa, but reading around indicates some who would like to subdivide the species.

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Uploaded on February 27, 2020
Taken on January 26, 2020