Myrmecia nigriceps (Black-headed bull ant) at Mount Mugga Mugga

Black-headed bull ant at Mount Mugga Mugga

Myrmecia nigriceps at Mount Mugga Mugga - 20 Jan 2018

Identification history

Myrmecia nigriceps	21 Jan 2018	KimPullen
Unidentified	20 Jan 2018	Mike
Unidentified	20 Jan 2018	Mike

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Author's notes

Couldn't be the one that gave me a painful sting because it had big jaws. I didn't see where the nest was.

2 comments

Mike wrote:

21 Jan 2018

Kim, I was changing my Author's notes when you did the ID so it got reset to Unidentified. Could you please redo it.
My ankle is still swollen and sore after 24 hours.

KimPullen wrote:

21 Jan 2018

No problem, Mike. I hope you get better soon.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.113903-35.348189
Maps Mount Mugga Mugga
Places O'Malley, ACT

Species information

Not Sensitive
Local Native
Non-Invasive

Sighting information

1 - 3 Abundance
12mm to 25mm Animal size (mm)
20 Jan 2018 Recorded on
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