A Bull ant at Symonston, ACT
Identification history
| Myrmecia forficata | 4 Feb 2019 | JonLewis | ||
| Myrmecia forficata | 3 Feb 2019 | KimPullen | ||
| Unidentified | 1 Feb 2019 | Mike |
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One reason not to stand still while taking photos.
1 comment
JonLewis
wrote:
4 Feb 2019
Hi Kim, wasn't too sure for a while. M. forficata and M. simillima are pretty similar and separated in the key by the shape of the mandibles. I think I can just make out the shape well enough to agree with you that it's forficata!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.134722-35.350556
- Altitude 685.0m
- Maps Mount Mugga Mugga
- Places Symonston, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 1 Feb 2019 03:20 PM Recorded on
- Mike Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Mike Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Myrmecia forficata Scientific name
- A Bull ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1354.34m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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