Bull ant or Jack Jumper at Taylor, ACT
Identification history
| Myrmecia sp. (genus) | 25 Aug 2024 | JonLewis | ||
| Myrmecia forceps | 25 Aug 2024 | Jiggy |
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Public. On the Centenary trail of one tree hill
1 comment
JonLewis
wrote:
25 Aug 2024
Hi Jiggy, I’d like to be able to confirm this as Myrmecia forceps but the photos are not clear enough to be sure and it would be a very unusual sighting for the region (only one sighting recorded for the region in the Atlas of Living Australia, in 1983). I hope you see it again. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.085688-35.153567
- Altitude 765.0m
- Places Taylor, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 25 Aug 2024 10:31 AM Recorded on
- Jiggy Recorded by
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Collections
Jiggy Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Myrmecia sp. (genus) Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Female Gender
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
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes