Myrmecia sp. (genus)
Bull ant or Jack Jumper at Sandringham, VIC
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| Myrmecia sp., pilosula-group | SimonDunstan | 25 Jul 2025 | |
| Myrmecia sp. (genus) | JonLewis | 17 Jul 2025 | |
| Myrmecia sp. (genus) | JasonPStewart | 17 Jul 2025 | |
| Ants | JasonPStewart | 17 Jul 2025 |
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User's notes
Ants (one of the 'jumping jacks' spp.) to identify .
Healthy, active, with a surface–mounded sand soil nest here.
Heathland sanctuary, south of Bay Rd., Sandringham, Melb. .
2016 December 10th 12:33 pm .
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Location information
- Coordinates 145.027370-37.955290
- Places Sandringham, VIC
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 10 Dec 2016 12:33 PM Recorded on
- JasonPStewart Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- 2016 Dec. 10th Heathland Sanctuary beside Bay Road vascular plants survey i did. JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 NatureMapr Myrmecia sp. (genus) Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
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
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