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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

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species of ant endemic to Australia

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Occurrences (GBIF) 3 countries · 4536 records GBIF · updated on 14/08/2026 Maximize Minimize
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Occurrences by year
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: 6 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: 8 2013: 21 2014: 14 2015: 53 2016: 85 2017: 129 2018: 212 2019: 217 2020: 320 2021: 325 2022: 352 2023: 528 2024: 540 2025: 625 2026: 407
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YearRecords
18991
19132
19142
19157
19162
19181
19201
19222
19231
19252
19264
19276
192810
19298
193011
19313
19374
19381
19394
19472
19486
194918
19504
19512
195227
19537
19549
19554
19567
19576
195810
195912
19606
19618
19627
19635
19642
196514
196619
19673
19685
196910
197013
19716
197212
197323
19744
19759
19764
19777
19784
197910
198015
19811
19825
19834
198417
198563
198612
19871
19882
19895
19905
199111
19924
19932
199413
19957
19975
19988
19996
20003
20011
20021
20032
200420
200511
20065
20075
200814
20095
20103
20117
20128
201321
201414
201553
201685
2017129
2018212
2019217
2020320
2021325
2022352
2023528
2024540
2025625
2026407
Australia · 4,534 Sri Lanka · 1 Tanzania · 1
Australia 30/07/2026 · Female · fe_ireiflyy · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 17/07/2026 · EcoNeighbour_ · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 16/07/2026 · Jean B · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 15/07/2026 · drlynda · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 14/07/2026 · Ian D B Moodie · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 09/07/2026 · Female · Mia Landrigan · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
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

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