Golden tail bull ant at Mitchell, ACT
Identification history
| Myrmecia piliventris | 4 Dec 2022 | JonLewis | ||
| Myrmecia piliventris | 23 Nov 2022 | SteveBorkowskis |
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About 15mm long, on the smaller size for a Bull Ant (around the size of a jack jumper). Sorry photos are not the best, it was headed up a tree and wasn’t stopping to pose.
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Location information
- Places Mitchell, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- SteveBorkowskis Recorded by
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SteveBorkowskis Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Myrmecia piliventris Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Myrmecia piliventris Scientific name
- Golden tail bull ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 886m Recorded at altitude
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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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