Myrmecia nigriceps

Black-headed bull ant at Farrer Ridge NR (FAR)

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.100978-35.383313
• Maps Farrer Ridge
• Places Farrer, ACT

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 22 Feb 2024 12:46 PM Recorded on
• melchapman Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) melchapman Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• 12mm to 25mm Animal size
• Alive / healthy Animal health
• Resting Insect behaviour on flower
• True Pollinator Insect on Flower

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
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• Verified by an expert moderator
• Nearby sighting(s) of same species
• GPS evidence of location
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