Australian Jumper Ant

Myrmecia tarsata · Order: Hymenoptera · Family: Formicidae

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Australian Jumper Ant
Photo: Peter Crowcroft, CC BY

The Australian jumper ant is a large bull ant about 22 to 24 mm long, with males slightly smaller. It is mainly black with yellow mandibles and reddish-yellow legs.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The head, thorax and other features are mostly black, the mandibles are yellow, and the legs are reddish-yellow.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Workers measure 22 to 24 mm in length, while males are a bit smaller.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

This bull ant is native to Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

Life cycle

Workers carry the gamergates gene, allowing them to reproduce and keep colonies alive without a queen.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Australian Jumper Ant photo 3
Photo: Peter Crowcroft, CC BY

Same family (Formicidae)

Eastern Black Carpenter AntEastern Black Carpenter AntCamponotus pennsylvanicusCan damage your homeRed Imported Fire AntRed Imported Fire AntSolenopsis invictaCan stingAmerican Winter AntAmerican Winter AntPrenolepis imparisArgentine AntArgentine AntLinepithema humileNuisance, not dangerousImmigrant Pavement AntImmigrant Pavement AntTetramorium immigransCan stingOdorous House AntOdorous House AntTapinoma sessileCan damage your home

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmecia_tarsata

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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