Jack jumper at Paddys River, ACT
Identification history
| Myrmecia sp., pilosula-group | 8 Nov 2017 | samreid007 | ||
| Myrmecia nigriceps | 31 Oct 2017 | SWishart |
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User's notes
Ants were coming and going from a nest/hole in the ground. It was a large ant but I'm not sure if it was just under 12 mm or a bit over.
1 comment
samreid007
wrote:
9 Nov 2017
It looks more like a Jack Jumper, which are around the 12mm mark. Other bull ants tend to be larger
Location information
- Coordinates 148.876633-35.454883
- Altitude 1452.6m
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 27 Oct 2017 09:41 AM Recorded on
- SWishart Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) SWishart Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Myrmecia sp., pilosula-group Scientific name
- Jack jumper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1505m Recorded at altitude
- 238 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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