Myrmecia tarsata (Bull ant or Bulldog ant) at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve

4 Bull ant or Bulldog ant at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve

Myrmecia tarsata at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve - 29 Dec 2017

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Identification history

Myrmecia tarsata	16 Jan 2018	samreid007
Unidentified	16 Jan 2018	Judith Roach

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5 comments

samreid007 Significant Sighting - samreid007 has made a recognised, significant sighting!

wrote:

16 Jan 2018

Great shots! That's quite a meal.

JudithDeland wrote:

16 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

JudithDeland 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:

16 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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