Bulldog ant

Come riconoscerlo

• Workers are about 14 to 23 mm long, and females can reach 26 mm.1
• Males are about 18 to 20 mm long.1
• The mandibles (jaws) and most other features are dark red.1
• The thorax is sometimes blackish-brown.1
• The head and body segment where the wings attach are dark reddish-brown or blackish-brown.1

Spesso confuso con: It looks very similar to Myrmecia forficata. M. pyriformis is typically larger and darker, has broader mandibles, and its clypeus (the plate on the front of the head) is covered in hair.1