Myrmecia maura
Wide jawed bullant at Michelago, NSW
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| Myrmecia maura | JonLewis | 13 Jan 2025 | |
| Myrmecia maura | SimonDunstan | 12 Jan 2025 | |
| Myrmecia aberrans species group | SimonDunstan | 10 Jan 2025 | |
| Unverified | Illilanga | 3 Dec 2020 |
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7 comments
5 Dec 2020
Hi Sandra, clearly Myrmecia (which I'm sure you already knew) and most likely M. pilosula group (a Jack Jumper) but just doesn't look quite right, so I've left it at genus level for now. Did you notice it jumping about when you took the photos? Cheers, Jon
7 Dec 2020
Hi Jon, the ant didn't jump at all. I noticed it while planting. It wasn't angry or particularly fussed by me being up close which is probably why it caught my eye. It looked a bit different to the other Myrmecia we have. Cheers, Sandra
10 Jan 2025
Myrmecia aberrans species group.
This is an undocumented species or colouration variant.
This is an undocumented species or colouration variant.
10 Jan 2025
@Illilanga if you still have access to this property it would be amazing if you could capture a few specimens and send them to ANIC.
12 Jan 2025
There are a number of collections in the Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC) of Myrmecia maura (which is in the M. aberrans species group) around the Canberra region, all from a long time ago. The specimens in the collection are black or blackish like this sighting, so likely to be that species.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.157410-35.776937
- Altitude 790.6m
- Maps Illilanga & Baroona
- Places Michelago, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 15 Nov 2019 11:20 AM Recorded on
- Illilanga Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Illilanga Completed Illilanga NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects Myrmecia maura
Species information
- Myrmecia maura Scientific name
- Wide jawed bullant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 790.6m Recorded at altitude
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