Bull ant or Bulldog ant at Tathra, NSW
Identification history
| Myrmecia tarsata | 10 Nov 2016 | KimPullen | ||
| Myrmecia tarsata | 10 Nov 2016 | KimPullen | ||
| Myrmecia pilosula | 5 Nov 2016 | KerryVance |
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KimPullen
wrote:
11 Nov 2016
M. pilosula has proportionally shorter legs, and the gaster (end of the body) is not so shiny as in M. tarsata. (M. pilosula is also a much smaller insect, but that is not usually evident in images.)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.987077-36.731758
- Places Tathra, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 7 May 2012 12:00 AM Recorded on
- KerryVance Recorded by
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KerryVance South Coast NatureMapr Myrmecia tarsata Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
Species information
- Myrmecia tarsata Scientific name
- Bull ant or Bulldog ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1109m Recorded at altitude
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