Black-headed bull ant at Jerrabomberra, NSW
Identification history
| Myrmecia nigriceps | 10 Jan 2025 | SimonDunstan | ||
| Myrmecia sp. (genus) | 18 Mar 2022 | SteveBorkowskis |
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User's notes
I believe this may be a Myrmecia male, not sure which species.
1 comment
JonLewis
wrote:
18 Mar 2022
There's a good chance this is Myrmecia nigriceps, and it looks like the head illustration at https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Myrmecia but I don't know them well enough to be sure. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Places Jerrabomberra, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- SteveBorkowskis Recorded by
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SteveBorkowskis NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Myrmecia nigriceps Scientific name
- Black-headed bull ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 832m Recorded at altitude
- 165 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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