Myrmecia sp. (genus)
Bull ant or Jack Jumper at Casey, ACT
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| Myrmecia sp. (genus) | JonLewis | 19 May 2024 | |
| Myrmecia sp. (genus) | Hejor1 | 19 May 2024 |
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2 comments
14 Oct 2024
@JonLewis i would put this girl as M.brevinoda but the selection isn’t available?
14 Oct 2024
@SimonPDunstan Hi Simon, this could be a good pick-up and there is no reason why it wouldn’t be in the Canberra region, but I don’t think the species has been recorded on CNM before. ALA records show a couple of collections not far away, but it certainly doesn’t look common. Personally I would hesitate to call it based on such a specimen even though the ID looks pretty good. Maybe you could scan some of the older CNM records for Myrmecia to see if there were previous records that have been overlooked? If there were, it would give us greater confidence in the ID. As I said earlier, though, if you think the ID is very sure, then we can add it to the species list and you can confirm it. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.097961-35.166306
- Altitude 645.0m
- Places Casey, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 May 2024 04:22 PM Recorded on
- Hejor1 Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Hejor1 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Myrmecia sp. (genus) Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
Species information
- Myrmecia sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Bull ant or Jack Jumper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1398.1m Recorded at altitude
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