Black-headed Bull Ant: Anterior

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:

Anterior

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.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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