Black-headed bull ant at Mount Majura
Identification history
| Myrmecia nigriceps | 28 Jan 2024 | JonLewis | ||
| Myrmecia pyriformis | 27 Jan 2024 | waltraud |
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At nest in grassy woodland under tree; found during hand weeding St John's Wort among Clustered Everlasting - around 20 ants rushed out to defend nest and found and stung one of the weeders.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.170928-35.225886
- Altitude 632.3m
- Maps The Fair, Watson Mount Majura
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 24 Jan 2024 08:10 PM Recorded on
- waltraud Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) waltraud
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Female Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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
- 154 images trained Machine learning
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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