Giant Red Bull Ant
Head, dorsal
Adelaide Hills
Giant Red Bull Ant
Neck & 3 Jewels (actually 3 Ocelli)
 
                      
Giant Red Bull Ant (Myrmecia nigriscapa)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Bull Ant (Ant: Formicidae Myrmeciinae)
Species: Giant Red Bull Ant (Myrmecia nigriscapa)
This Photo:     Head, front

General Species Information:
Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere

Copyright © 2010-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 27-Mar-2010
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.