Myrmecia tarsata

6 Bull ant or Bulldog ant at Paddys River, ACT

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Identification history

	Myrmecia tarsata	16 Jan 2018	samreid007
	Unverified	16 Jan 2018	JudithRoach

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5 comments

samreid007 wrote:

17 Jan 2018

Great shots! That's quite a meal.

JudithRoach wrote:

17 Jan 2018

Terrible way to go. :-)

RogerF wrote:

17 Jan 2018

The prey looks like a larva of Thalaina clara (a looper, Geometridae) that feeds on Acacia foliage. See p134 my book

JudithRoach wrote:

17 Jan 2018

Thanks Roger, grabbed my copy down and yes, it does. There were a few other familiar faces on the pages nearby too, which hopefully I'll get a chance to look more closely at in the next few days, Jude

donhe wrote:

17 Jan 2019

It looks like Cathy Byrne's photo of Capusa senilis, see
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/naco/senilis.html
and not much like Merlin Crossley's photo of Thalaina clara at
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/naco/clara.html

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
29 Dec 2017 08:40 AM Recorded on
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Featured JudithRoach Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Myrmecia tarsata Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Myrmecia tarsata Scientific name
Bull ant or Bulldog ant Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1109m Recorded at altitude
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