Jack jumper at Rossi, NSW
Identification history
| Myrmecia sp., pilosula-group | 14 Dec 2021 | JonLewis | ||
| Unidentified | 13 Dec 2021 | Tapirlord |
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User's notes
I’ve always thought of these as jack jumper ants, didn’t find any nests.
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JonLewis
wrote:
14 Dec 2021
Hi Tapirlord, you are spot on to call these Jack Jumpers (or Jumping Jacks, depending on where you grew up). In the old days they were all one species, Myrmecia pilosula, but were broken up into about 4 species in 1991. The most common species around here are Myrmecia pilosula and Myrmecia croslandi, but you need them under a microscope to tell them apart, which is why all these ants are IDed in CNM as "Myrmecia pilosula species group". Or Jack Jumpers! Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.521042-35.498731
- Altitude 960.0m
- Maps Tallaganda State Forest
- Places Rossi, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 5 Dec 2021 12:22 PM Recorded on
- Tapirlord Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Tapirlord Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Euc dives Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Myrmecia sp., pilosula-group Scientific name
- Jack jumper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1505m Recorded at altitude
- 239 images trained Machine learning
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