Myrmecia pyriformis

Myrmecia pyriformis

Classification
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Family: Formicidae
Order: Hymenoptera
Common name: Common Brown Bull Ant

Solitary foragers
Ground nesting
Monodmous (single nest entrance)
Polymorphic
Nocturnal foragers

[this last one was photographed in weird lights]

Collected:
ANU campus, Canberra, ACT, Australia (December, 2006)
Mt Majura, Canberra, ACT, Australia (February, March 2007)

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Myrmecia pyriformis