Black-headed bull ant at Paddys River, ACT
Identification history
| Myrmecia nigriceps | 22 Feb 2017 | KimPullen | ||
| Myrmecia nigriceps | 18 Feb 2017 | MichaelBedingfield |
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These ants were roaming all over the shrub (Bursaria spinosa), hunting for another smaller species of ant; on the western side of the Murrumbidgee River, north of Tharwa. See sighting 3371741 for the hunted ant.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.065689-35.500189
- Altitude 580.0m
- Maps Point Hut to Tharwa
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 15 Abundance
- 9 Feb 2017 08:24 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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Collections
Insects & spiders on Bursaria spinosa - a research project. Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 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 832m Recorded at altitude
- 165 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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