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Red Tail Three Quarter Inch Ant
A new species in my front yard - have never seen them before.
Have been digging via search but have not been able to id this one.
Some kind of Myrmecia I presume.
An increasingly active nest which I first noticed the end of the Australian 2020 summer, the nest was totally quite over winter. Now mid-summer and the nest is quite busy.
Very attractive ant, somewhat shy.
"Myrmecia mandibularis" is an Australian species of "Myrmecia". Average sizes for the "Myrmecia mandibularis" is around 15-30 millimetres. They have a similar appearance to the "Myrmecia pilosula", except their mandibles are completely black while most of their abdomen is in an orange colour.
Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants
By betsuin
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Uploaded Jan 18, 2021. Captured Jan 18, 2021 17:50.
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https://www.ants-kalytta.com/Myrmecia-cf-mandibularis.en.html
Basically confirms your genus ID, but perhaps interesting. Posted 4 years ago
Think I will ping an email to my local museum to see if I can get a positive ID.
Also, think I need to put a small fence at the nest site - they seem a bit aggressive.
Edit: Actually looking here it certainly appears to be Myrmecia mandibularis.
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1490b47c-2908-4093-9a84-45c4138c2fd0 Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago