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Myrmecia pilosula

Jack jumper ant

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Myrmecia pilosula Smith, 1858

GBIF · view at source · updated on 03/07/2026

Black Jumper Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Myrmecia

Jack jumper ant

Wikidata · view at source · CC0 · updated on 03/07/2026

About the species

species of ant endemic to Australia

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(c) Mark Ayers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Ayers · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

(c) Mark Newton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Newton · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

(c) David Sinnott, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by David Sinnott · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

(c) Gunter Maywald, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Gunter Maywald · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

(c) Nigel Main, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Nigel Main · CC BY · iNaturalist

(c) Daniel Kurek, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Daniel Kurek · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

(c) geoffbyrne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

Occurrences (GBIF) 3 countries · 4491 records

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Year	Records
1899	1
1913	2
1914	2
1915	7
1916	2
1918	1
1920	1
1922	2
1923	1
1925	2
1926	4
1927	6
1928	10
1929	8
1930	11
1931	3
1937	4
1938	1
1939	4
1947	2
1948	6
1949	18
1950	4
1951	2
1952	27
1953	7
1954	9
1955	4
1956	7
1957	6
1958	10
1959	12
1960	6
1961	8
1962	7
1963	5
1964	2
1965	14
1966	19
1967	3
1968	5
1969	10
1970	13
1971	6
1972	12
1973	23
1974	4
1975	9
1976	4
1977	7
1978	4
1979	10
1980	15
1981	1
1982	5
1983	4
1984	17
1985	63
1986	12
1987	1
1988	2
1989	5
1990	5
1991	11
1992	4
1993	2
1994	13
1995	7
1997	5
1998	8
1999	7
2000	3
2001	1
2002	1
2003	2
2004	20
2005	11
2006	5
2007	5
2008	14
2009	5
2010	3
2011	7
2012	5
2013	17
2014	14
2015	53
2016	85
2017	129
2018	211
2019	217
2020	321
2021	326
2022	350
2023	527
2024	538
2025	620
2026	377

Australia · 4,489 Sri Lanka · 1 Tanzania · 1

Australia 22/06/2026 · Kiarah Mckittrick · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Australia 20/06/2026 · Clem Bicknell · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Australia 19/06/2026 · oceanna_e · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Australia 14/06/2026 · tereticorn · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Australia 13/06/2026 · Harvey Lam · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Australia 13/06/2026 · Susannah · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

Australia 12/06/2026 · Hunter · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Australia 11/06/2026 · jasons04 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Australia 06/06/2026 · koalabi · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

Australia 04/06/2026 · unmotivated_frog · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

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