Confused Flour Beetle (Also see Rust-Red Flour Beetle)
Granary Weevil (Also see Rice Weevil)
Mediterranean Flour Moth or Mill Moth
Red-legged Ham or Copra Beetle
Rice Weevil (Also see Granary Weevil)
Rust-Red Flour Beetle (Also see Confused Flour Beetle)
Tropical Warehouse or Almond Moth (Also see Warehouse, Tobacco or Cocoa Moth)
Warehouse, Tobacco or Cocoa Moth (Also see Tropical Warehouse or Almond Moth)
Appearance
Small, 3-3.5mm long, chestnut-red body with darker, almost black, large heart-shaped gaster; two nodes and two propodeal spines, stinger present. Monomorphic workers.
Notes
Common ant, widely distributed throughout the country. Aggressive when disturbed, raises gaster high in the air (hence the name “acrobat”) to release alarm pheromone, giving off a strong odour. Gaster also raised when foraging. Carton nests constructed in damp areas indoors; outdoors in grass, decayed or damp wood, contain fungus gardens which the ant tends. Forms trails along building edges, which lead to the nest. Both proteins and sugars are fed upon; preys on termite alates and early instar larvae or various lepidopterans, also tends homopterans for honeydew.
Colony : medium, with queen and several thousand workers
