Myrmecophilus testaceus
7 Tawny Ant Cricket at Gundary, NSW
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| Myrmecophilus testaceus | RogerF | 28 May 2026 | |
| Myrmecophilus testaceus | trevorpreston | 27 May 2026 |
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User's notes
This was found at Pomaderris Nature Reserve near Goulburn NSW. It was under a rock in ants nest of Camponotus aeneopilosus and Aphaenogaster longiceps. Im pretty sure this is an Ant Cricket of Myrmecophilus sp, and a good chance of being M. Testaceus based on information in "A Guide To Crickets of Australia" by David Rentz and You Ning Su p362-363.
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28 May 2026
A geat find trevor. I have been looking for these crickets whenever I have overturned a stone with a colony of sugar ants that are abundant around our home
Location information
- Coordinates 149.807594-34.817669
- Maps Pomaderris Nature Reserve Goulburn Mulwaree Council
- Places Gundary, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 27 May 2026 12:29 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- trevorpreston NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Myrmecophilus testaceus Significant Featured Crickets (Orthoptera, several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Species information
- Myrmecophilus testaceus Scientific name
- Tawny Ant Cricket Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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