Mulga Ant (Polyrhachis macropa) (5/5)

Hymenoptera: Formicidae

Polyrhachis macropa  

In this Mulga Ant version of the fireman's lift, the ant being carried has been grasped by the neck and has all its legs neatly folded forward.

I would like to think that it is on its way to the ant hospital ward but I suspect the larder is more likely.