Myrmecia pyriformis

A Bull ant at Red Hill, ACT

Myrmecia pyriformis at Red Hill, ACT - 16 Mar 2017 12:00 AM
Myrmecia pyriformis at Red Hill, ACT - 16 Mar 2017 12:00 AM
Myrmecia pyriformis at Red Hill, ACT - 16 Mar 2017 12:00 AM
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Identification history

Myrmecia pyriformis 10 Jan 2025 SimonDunstan
Myrmecia sp. (genus) 9 May 2017 KimPullen
Myrmecia nigriceps 4 May 2017 Qwerty

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KimPullen wrote:
   10 May 2017
A mating pair. The queen looks like an oversized worker with wings. The male is also winged but quite different, with a small head and tiny jaws. Not sure of the species here, but probably not M. nigriceps which has (at least in the workers and queens) a contrasting black head and yellow or orange thorax.

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Additional information

  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size
  • Male Gender

Species information

  • Myrmecia pyriformis Scientific name
  • A Bull ant Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1387.5m Recorded at altitude
  • 76 images trained Machine learning
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