A Bull ant at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Myrmecia pyriformis | 24 Jun 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Myrmecia pyriformis | 23 Jun 2020 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Myrmecia tarsata | 22 Jun 2020 | TimL |
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User's notes
The ant was sighted struggling across a road in the cold and pouring rain. Thanks to Marcus Leach for the initial sighting.
4 comments
AlisonMilton
wrote:
23 Jun 2020
Hi Tim, I can't see an orange tip on the last segments of the abdomen as appear in most other images of tarsata I've found. I think it is more likely Myrmecia pyriformis. Happy to be corrected by a more learned expert.
JonLewis
wrote:
24 Jun 2020
Good ID Alison, but don't be too hard on yourself Tim - once again we have a couple of ants which are very similar, but M. pyriformis is the better ID as M. tarsata typically has a red tip to the gaster (as Alison notes) and the mandibles are typically yellowish (much lighter than the colour of the body). Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108422-35.273552
- Altitude 620.1m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Jun 2020 11:44 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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
- 76 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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