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WHILE in Queensland during the southern winter of 1939, I took advantage of an opportunity to observe the daily activity at a number of nests of the Greenhead ant, Chalcoponera metallica. An analysis of the data obtained in regard to the feeding habits of this species would seem to indicate that, in southern Queensland at least, it is of very considerable economic value.
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FELL, H. Economic Importance of the Australian Ant, Chalcoponera metallica. Nature 145, 707 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145707a0
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