Home - NatureMapr Australia

Add a sighting How to contribute

Contribute to nature positive outcomes across Australia

Place based programs

Species based programs

Hello NatureMaprsAs the snow blankets the Australian Alps, we have been working with customer partners across NSW to deliver a growing number of professional, government backed citizen science program...

Canberra Nature Map's Newsletter for June 2025

Known issue affecting NatureMapr mobile app 6.3.0

NatureMapr Mobile App Update

Platform consolidation and impact to regional functionality

Discussion

RogerF wrote:

27 min ago

Can’t see any legs - could be Diptera.

Unverified Insect

nancyp wrote:

2 hrs ago

Jon, Simon and anyone else, I am sorry to say my phone has given a very wrong location. Photo was taken at 770 Jamberoo Mountain Road. No drone involved.

Leptomyrmex sp. (genus)

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

3 hrs ago

Thank you @SimonDunstan .

Myrmecia sp. (genus)

SimonDunstan wrote:

3 hrs ago

nice, Drone :)

Leptomyrmex sp. (genus)

SimonDunstan wrote:

3 hrs ago

Hello!

M.gulosa would be my ID also, best picture to go off of is the last one.

M.fucosa also have are closer to the jumping jack side of species selection but also have a very distinct pale mandibles where the colouration flows onto the lower facial features(clypeus) where it turns to a more brown colour for the rest of the head.(wish it was one as they are pretty girls).
Location automatically would rule out them also :)

Colouration is great for narrowing down species, then location, but its looking for the nuance of teeth distribution, slight colouring of their feet, mandibles and gaster that will bring closest ID.

Sisters from the same nest will vary in size depending on the food available at the time of larval growth and the position in the colony they may have been selected to be in(nanitics/nanny ants are tiny compared to the largest specimens in the same nest).

Myrmecia sp are mostly defensive in nature and will only act so if they are either at their nest or are startled but otherwise scavenging workers are rather placid and doubly so when its cold, most species of ants don't like to come out when surface temps are below 10 degrees.

Myrmecia gulosa