Myrmecia fulvipes
2 Red-legged Toothless bull ant at Acton, ACT
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| Myrmecia fulvipes | JonLewis | 21 Feb 2020 | |
| Unverified | TimL | 20 Feb 2020 |
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User's notes
The ant was sighted foraging on a road before entering a hole in an adjacent retaining wall. It then waited in ambush just inside the hole and rushed out at several smaller ants trying to catch them (final image).
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.108970-35.273710
- Altitude 623.0m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Feb 2020 11:16 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Myrmecia fulvipes Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
Species information
- Myrmecia fulvipes Scientific name
- Red-legged Toothless bull ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1286.5m Recorded at altitude
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6 / 7
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