Myrmecia sp. (genus)

Bull ant or Jack Jumper at Bowning, NSW

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Identification history

	Myrmecia sp. (genus)	16 Mar 2025	JonLewis
	Myrmecia fucosa	16 Mar 2025	Maren

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2 comments

JonLewis wrote:

16 Mar 2025

Hi Maren, from the photos I can't be sure which species this is (though it could be Myrmecia simillima) but it's almost certainly not Myrmecia fucosa, which seems to be a very uncommon species found mainly in SA and Victoria along the Murray-Darling basin, and there are no records in the Canberra region. But you never know! Cheers, Jon

Maren wrote:

17 Mar 2025

Hi Jon - I was just guessing, thanks for the correction :)

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Location information

Places Bowning, NSW

Sighting information

2 Abundance
Maren Recorded by
Collections
Maren NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size
Alive / healthy Animal health

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
224 images trained Machine learning
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Record quality

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More than one media file
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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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Additional attributes

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania