bull ant

(Animals) any large Australian ant of the genus Myrmecia, having a powerful stinging bite: subfamily Ponerinae. Also called: bulldog ant

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"I was stung by an Australian Bull Ant, you should have seen the size of the thing, massive and the pain was excruciating!

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Zeil, "Foraging ecology of the night-active bull ant Myrmecia pyriformis," Australian Journal of Zoology, vol.

Evidence for the absence of worker behavioral subcastes in the sociobiologically primitive Australian ant Nothomyrmecia macrops Clark (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae)

In the first ever study of what triggers twilight activity in animals, Narendra and colleagues carried out a field study of the Australian bull ant.

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That was my first encounter with a bull ant. It abruptly ended our family picnic and all the ice cream in the world wouldn't cheer me up.

Backyard blitz: feral fire ants are costing the country millions in control programs. Why? Because we've seen the impact of these ferocious pests on the outdoor lifestyle in America

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