6 Bull ant or Bulldog ant at Paddys River, ACT
Identification history
| Myrmecia tarsata | 16 Jan 2018 | samreid007 | ||
| Unidentified | 16 Jan 2018 | JudithRoach |
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5 comments
RogerF
wrote:
17 Jan 2018
The prey looks like a larva of Thalaina clara (a looper, Geometridae) that feeds on Acacia foliage. See p134 my book
JudithRoach
wrote:
17 Jan 2018
Thanks Roger, grabbed my copy down and yes, it does. There were a few other familiar faces on the pages nearby too, which hopefully I'll get a chance to look more closely at in the next few days, Jude
donhe
wrote:
17 Jan 2019
It looks like Cathy Byrne's photo of Capusa senilis, see
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/naco/senilis.html
and not much like Merlin Crossley's photo of Thalaina clara at
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/naco/clara.html
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/naco/senilis.html
and not much like Merlin Crossley's photo of Thalaina clara at
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/naco/clara.html
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.906986-35.463126
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 29 Dec 2017 08:40 AM Recorded on
- JudithRoach Recorded by
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Myrmecia tarsata Scientific name
- Bull ant or Bulldog ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1080m Recorded at altitude
- 105 images trained Machine learning
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