Small Jumping Ant
Abdomen & Back Legs
Ellura
Small Jumping Ant
Down the pub discussing footy
 
                      
Small Jumping Ant (Myrmecia picta)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Bull Ant (Ant: Formicidae Myrmeciinae)
Species: Small Jumping Ant (Myrmecia picta)
This Photo:     Antenna, Mandibles & Mouth

Thank you Mark Newton for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere

Copyright © 2011-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 09-May-2011
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.