Australian Red Bull Ant

Myrmecia simillima · Order: Hymenoptera · Family: Formicidae

Also called: Giant Bull Ant

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Australian Red Bull Ant
Photo: Tony Eales, CC BY-SA

Workers measure about 19-23 mm, while queens are slightly larger at 22-24 mm. They are brown-headed with a black gaster, reddish mandibles and legs, and yellowish-red tarsi and funiculus. The species lives along the coast and inland in New South Wales and Victoria and is native to Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The head, thorax, node and other parts are brown; the gaster is black; mandibles, legs and other parts are reddish; the tarsi and funiculus are yellowish-red.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Worker ants are on average 19-23 mm long. Queens are larger, ranging from 22-24 mm in length.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

This ant species is native to Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Australian Red Bull Ant photo 3
Photo: Tony Eales, CC BY-SA
Australian Red Bull Ant photo 4
Photo: Tony Eales, CC BY-SA

Same family (Formicidae)

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Sources

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

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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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