Toothed Bull Ant

Myrmecia chrysogaster · Order: Hymenoptera · Family: Formicidae

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Toothed Bull Ant
Photo: Nigel Main, CC BY

The ant is about 15 mm long. It has a black head, brown mandibles and front leg bases, red legs, and a golden-yellow abdomen. It lives in Australia, specifically in Queensland and New South Wales.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The head is black, the mandibles and front coxae are brown, the legs are red, and the abdomen is golden yellow.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Body length is around 15 mm.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Native to Australia, found in Queensland and New South Wales.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Toothed Bull Ant photo 3
Photo: Jonghyun Park, CC BY

Same family (Formicidae)

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Sources

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

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

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