Alex WildWas surprised to find a new-to-me jack jumper species, Myrmecia fulvipes, in a small park I’ve been visiting for 20 years. The ant looks nearly as surprised as me!
A gallery of Australian bull ants. Some of these are huge!
https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Myrmecia
Myrmecia - Alex Wild
is a large, active, conspicuous element of the Australian fauna. With the exception of a rare New Caledonian species it is found nowhere else. Commonly known as bull ants and jack jumpers, these insects are known by Australians for the aggressive defense of their nests and their painful stings.
myrmepropagandistI'm really curious if anyone who lives in Australia has seen lone bull ants stumbling back home in the dawn. Navigating by landmarks is a pretty big cognitive achievement for a little ant, especially after a big adventure and a night spent sleeping in god knows what flower or under god knows which random leaf... So if you see a bull ant going home like this she's doing her best!
Donald HobernBut some of them *look* like rulers.
A gallery of one of the world's most charming insects, the Myrmecia bull ants of Australia.
#Ants #Myrmecia #Insects #australianwildlife #Photography
https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Myrmecia/
Myrmecia - Alex Wild
is a large, active, conspicuous element of the Australian fauna. With the exception of a rare New Caledonian species it is found nowhere else. Commonly known as bull ants and jack jumpers, these insects are known by Australians for the aggressive defense of their nests and their painful stings.
Another You Yangs photo! This lady is a bull ant—Myrmecia pilosula, also known as the black jumper ant! I was very careful around her nest, because I don't want to be stung by bull ants again.
#WildOz #OzInverts #MacroPhotography #YouYangs #Australia #Insect #Nature #Arthropod #Ant #Formicidae #Myrmecia
