Myrmecia nigriceps
Black-headed bull ant at Paddys River, ACT
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| Myrmecia nigriceps | KimPullen | 22 Feb 2017 | |
| Myrmecia nigriceps | MichaelBedingfield | 18 Feb 2017 |
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These ants were roaming all over the shrub (Bursaria spinosa), apparently hunting for another smaller species of ant; on the western side of the Murrumbidgee River, north of Tharwa.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.065689-35.500194
- Altitude 580.5m
- Maps Point Hut to Tharwa
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 15 Abundance
- 9 Feb 2017 08:17 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects & spiders on Bursaria spinosa - a research project. MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Myrmecia nigriceps Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
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
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