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solitary worker

Three individuals seen outside of nest. Two came out to defend it while the other one was out foraging.

Nest dug up by poachers.

queen. camera didn't like the light so the images arent as good as they could be.

An orange-coloured specimen

Wow! They have interesting red markings on their faces. The same nest the next day: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156018918

Nest 1.

The same nest the previous day: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156012497

After 1 year on INaturalist, I finally found one of my favourite species!

Field Notes - Hopped a lot

Field Notes - Ouch! Amazing mandibles, large compound eyes, mainly black and orange insect. Large black gaster.

Jumper Ant taking an unknown moth home to dinner

Bull ant dragging away a moth

Still alive and desperately trying to sting the spider

sorry, couldn't get a dorsal shot

Stinging a Nysius sp. (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32583403)

Ant, Jumper, Myrmecia nigrocincta, c. 1.5 cm

January 2019.
Crowdy Bay National Park NSW, Australia.

Myrmecia nigrocincta : Wilson NR

In claw of Ocypode cordimana oddly

chomp

Wrestling with the caterpillar. This observation is for the ant ID

Ant with a caterpillar

Ant with food item.

Dinner

on Acrotriche, with a little looper (prey)

Myrmecia nigrocincta : Wilson NR

quite a few were investigating this fern and Clivea

Double shot!

Very small specimen of this species