Black-headed bull ant at Fyshwick, ACT
Identification history
| Myrmecia nigriceps | 21 Feb 2021 | JonLewis | ||
| Unidentified | 21 Feb 2021 | AlisonMilton |
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User's notes
Didn't realise I was almost standing on the nest while photographing beetles.
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AlisonMilton
wrote:
21 Feb 2021
Sorry Jon. I thought I had confirmed this, and yes, dangerous work especially as this species is known to actively pursue any near visitors. Luckily they mostly don't like to roam too far from their nest.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.179747-35.334935
- Altitude 563.4m
- Places Fyshwick, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 10 Feb 2021 04:10 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Myrmecia nigriceps Scientific name
- Black-headed bull ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 820.88m Recorded at altitude
- 149 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
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