Black-headed Bull Ant
Anterior
Ellura
Giant Red Bull Ant
Close, dorsal
 
                      
Black-headed Bull Ant (Myrmecia nigriceps)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Bull Ant (Ant: Formicidae Myrmeciinae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Black-headed Bull Ant (Myrmecia nigriceps)
This Photo:     🔍Mandibles🔎
Other names: Bull Ant, Bulldog Ant or Inch Ant

Thank you Kate Sandiford for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Black head and tail.
Orange body, pincers and legs.

Copyright © 2014-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 12-Mar-2014
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.