Meat ant, Augathella, Qld, Australia
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S 25° 47.698 E 146° 35.050
55J E 458312 N 7146955
A larger than life sculpture of a meat ant
Waymark Code: WM14JKR
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 07/16/2021
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The 5 metre high Big Meat Ant was installed in 2011. Created by artist Amanda Feher, the brass, copper, and steel sculpture was part of a $250,000 project to attract tourists to Augathella.
Meat ants measure 6–12 mm and can be easily recognised by their dark-bluish body and red head. They are so named because if you leave a dead animal on their mound it will be reduced to just bones in a few weeks.