Big-Headed Ants
Pheidole spp.
- Light brown or dark brown in colour
- Major worker has bulk, large head (hence the name ‘big head’)
- Dimorphic worker; polygynous ant**
- Outdoor nesting species
- Can be found in soil, under potted plants, in crack and crevices in brickwork, under rock
- Agricultural important pest; known to facilitate mealy bug in transmitting plant pathogens.
- May bite
**Monomorphic: all ants in a colony are in the same size; Polymorphic: ants in a colony are in multiple sizes; Monogynous; 1 queen; Polygynous; multiple queens
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