A Bull ant at Mount Clear, ACT
Identification history
| Myrmecia pyriformis | 28 Mar 2022 | JonLewis | ||
| Myrmecia sp. (genus) | 28 Mar 2022 | JonLewis | ||
| Unidentified | 21 Mar 2022 | TimL |
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JonLewis
wrote:
28 Mar 2022
Hi Tim, sorry about the delay on the ID. Great photos. This is a male, and there is little information available to allow a strong ID (most ant ID's are based on workers). However this looks awfully like some pictures of a male Myrmecia pyriformis posted by Ajay Narendra, who used to work on ant vision using Myrmecia as his subject, so he is a bit of an expert in the area. The images look good and Ajay knows what he is doing, so I am pretty happy with the ID - have a look. Cheers, Jon https://www.flickr.com/photos/myrmex/sets/72157594447358325/
Location information
- Coordinates 149.016129-35.833971
- Altitude 1387.5m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Mount Clear, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Mar 2022 01:16 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Myrmecia pyriformis Scientific name
- A Bull ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1387.5m Recorded at altitude
- 76 images trained Machine learning
- 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
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