Myrmecia pyriformis
A Bull ant at Red Hill, ACT
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| Myrmecia pyriformis | SimonDunstan | 10 Jan 2025 | |
| Myrmecia sp. (genus) | KimPullen | 9 May 2017 | |
| Myrmecia nigriceps | Qwerty | 4 May 2017 |
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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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.116908-35.328606
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Red Hill, ACT
Sighting information
- 40 Abundance
- 16 Mar 2017 12:00 AM Recorded on
- Qwerty Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Male Gender
Collections
- Qwerty NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Myrmecia pyriformis Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
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
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