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Myrmecia tarsata

Bull ant or Bulldog ant at Paddys River, ACT

Myrmecia tarsata at Paddys River, ACT - 18 Feb 2012 12:57 PM
Myrmecia tarsata at Paddys River, ACT - 18 Feb 2012 12:57 PM
Myrmecia tarsata at Paddys River, ACT - 18 Feb 2012 12:57 PM
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Myrmecia tarsata 10 Jan 2025 SimonDunstan
Myrmecia sp. (genus) 25 Oct 2016 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 11 Aug 2016 galah681

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galah681 wrote:
   12 Aug 2016
Could be a bull ant possibly
KimPullen wrote:
   27 Oct 2016
Definitely a Myrmecia, but I don't think it's one of the pilosula-group. This one has a more elongate body and longer legs. It looks a lot like M. tarsata, and could be that species (there are local records, see http://www.antweb.org/description.do?rank=species&name=tarsata&genus=myrmecia ), but then it may be another similar-looking species. More research needed.

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