Tasmanian inchman ant
The Tasmanian inchman ant is a big black bulldog ant from Tasmania. Its legs, feelers and long jaws are orange-red. It has very good eyesight, which helps it find food and guard its nest.
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Fun facts
Its queen has no wings, which is unusual for an ant queen. She grows to about 2.4 cm long.
Its long, straight jaws have 11 teeth, and some of them are bigger than the others.
It builds its nest in the soil as a mound, sometimes covered with little pebbles or plants.
Most asked questions about Tasmanian inchman ant
?What does the Tasmanian inchman ant eat?
The grown-ups drink nectar and sweet juices. They catch insects to feed to their babies.
?How big is a Tasmanian inchman ant?
Workers are about 1.4 to 1.8 cm long, which is big for an ant.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Myrmecia esuriens
- Group
- Ants
- Family
- Formicidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Formicidae
- Lives on
- Australia and Oceania
- Also known as
- Tasmanian inchman
Where the facts come from
- Myrmecia esuriens (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Zach Lieberman. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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