![]() | Giant Red Bull Ant Head, front | Giant Red Bull Ant Antenna Socket, Eye, Mandibles & Foot | ![]() | |||
Animals Plants Info |
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: | Neck & 3 Jewels (actually 3 Ocelli) | EXTRA - Photo Specific Information: The 3 Jewels are actually 3 simple eyes, called Ocelli. They are reduced (probably don't work) as this class of ant doesn't fly. General Species Information: Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere
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