bulldog ant

(Animals) another name for bull ant

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bulldog ant - any of the large fierce Australian ants of the genus Myrmecia

ant, emmet, pismire - social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers

genus Myrmecia, Myrmecia - bulldog ants

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By comparison, about 10% of individually numbered foragers of the phylogenetically related night-active bulldog ant Myrmecia pyriformis Smith have been reported to depart their nest repeatedly (usually twice, but up to 4 times in one individual) in a 1-night observation period [17].

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

Meet the bulldog ant. (Wasps and scorpions start running now.) Described as "an ant with attitude" and "very streetwise", bulldog ants (or Phil Mitchell ants) are so aggressive, so anti-ant, they hunt alone, and will turn on each other if there's no-one else around to ruck with.

SHELLEYVISION: Absolutely brilliANT.

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