Black-Scaped Bull Ant

Where to see

Black-Scaped Bull Ant

Myrmecia nigriscapa

Flinders Chase leads · 4 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Black-Scaped Bull Ant during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Flinders Chase 🇦🇺 Australia
~50%
2 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~50%
3 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~40%
4 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Black-Scaped Bull Ant?

Flinders Chase

In Flinders Chase, Australia, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Scaped Bull Ant sighting on a given day, the highest of the 4 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Black-Scaped Bull Ant?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are January in Flinders Chase (about 70%), March and November in Wilsons Promontory National Park (about 70%) and November in Grampians National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Black-Scaped Bull Ant on a given day. Each park's Black-Scaped Bull Ant page has the full month-by-month chart.