Giant Red Bull Ant

Myrmecia gulosa

Subfamily: Myrmeciinae

Family: Formicidae

Order: Hymenoptera

 

This is the largest of the Bull Ants in Australia. The family Myrmeciinae was once found worldwide but is now restricted to Australia and New Caledonia.

 

This subfamily possess gamergates: female ants which are able to mate and reproduce, giving the colony insurance against the loss of a queen.

 

 

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