Myrmecia pyriformis - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

Myrmecia

is a large, active, and conspicuous element of the Australian fauna, and 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.

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Myrmecia pyriformis

Predator and prey: Myrmecia pyriformis with a european hornet.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Few ants are able to make a European wasp look as small as does this enormous Myrmecia pyriformis bull ant.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Myrmecia pyriformis, brown bull ant queen.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Ant colonies usually start small. Here a young bull ant queen (Myrmecia pyriformis) tends to a larva in her incipient nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Myrmecia pyriformis brown bull ant.

Nhill, Victoria, Australia

Myrmecia tepperi, with eggs.

Mt. Remarkable, South Australia

Myrmecia pyriformis

Myrmecia pyriformis

Myrmecia pyriformis

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Keywords: australia measure hymenoptera formicidae myrmecia myrmeciinae inch ant giant ant big ant brown bull ant huge ant myrmecia pyriformis brown bulldog ant

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