Myrmecia tarsata

Bull ant or Bulldog ant at Paddys River, ACT

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Identification history

Myrmecia tarsata	10 Jan 2025	SimonDunstan
Myrmecia sp. (genus)	25 Oct 2016	MichaelMulvaney
Unverified	11 Aug 2016	galah681

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galah681 wrote:

12 Aug 2016

Could be a bull ant possibly

KimPullen wrote:

27 Oct 2016

Definitely a Myrmecia, but I don't think it's one of the pilosula-group. This one has a more elongate body and longer legs. It looks a lot like M. tarsata, and could be that species (there are local records, see http://www.antweb.org/description.do?rank=species&name=tarsata&genus=myrmecia ), but then it may be another similar-looking species. More research needed.

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4 - 15 Abundance
18 Feb 2012 12:57 PM Recorded on
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galah681 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Myrmecia tarsata Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects

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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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