14-May-2020 Theme: 'Ants'

(1) What long-legged invasive ant from South East Asia, named for its erratic behaviour, has devastated crab populations on Christmas Island?

Answer: Yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes)

(2) Who was the director of the 1984 movie ‘Where the Green Ants Dream’, about an Aboriginal land rights case.

Answer: Werner Herzog.

(3) What aggressive native ant, common in southern Australia, has a sting which is occasionally fatal to humans, and is responsible for about 90% of ant allergies in Australia?

Answer: Hopper ant / Jack jumper ant (Myrmecia pilosula).

(4) Papunya in the Northern Territory - and the associated Papunya Tula art movement - is named after what type of edible native ant?

Answer: Honeypot ant / honey ant (Melophorus bagoti and Camponotus inflatus spp.)

(5) When the ants go marching five by five, what does the little one stop to do?

Answer: Take a dive.

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