Myrmecia nigriceps

Black-headed bull ant at Hughes, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.097611-35.338497
• Altitude 611.1m
• Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
• Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

• 2 Abundance
• 5 Dec 2019 07:00 AM Recorded on
• ruthkerruish Recorded by

• Collections

  ruthkerruish Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects

Additional information

• Stationary on a cement path bot far from a nest Associated plant
• 12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

• Myrmecia nigriceps Scientific name
• Black-headed bull ant Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 1135m Recorded at altitude
• 184 images trained Machine learning
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