Australian Red Bull Ant

Australian Red Bull Ant

Myrmecia simillima

Endemic
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Royal National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

17 Verified sightings at Royal National Park From 2019 to 2026
167 In all 6 parks
August Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Australian Red Bull Ant

Myrmecia simillima is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia. Their distribution in Australia is massive on the coastline and inland areas of New South Wales and Victoria.

The average length for a worker ant of a Myrmecia simillima is 19-23 millimetres long. Queens are of a bigger size at 22-24 millimetres in length. The head, thorax, node, and other features are brown, gaster is black, mandibles and legs and other parts are reddish, with the tarsi and funiculus is a yellowish-red. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%
2 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%
3 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%
4 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%
5 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
6 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Melbourne 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
2 Sydney 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Australian Red Bull Ant in Royal National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Australian Red Bull Ant sighting in Royal National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 57th most-seen of the 175 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see an Australian Red Bull Ant in Royal National Park?

May and August

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Australian Red Bull Ant in Royal National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September, the lowest month.

What time of day is best to see an Australian Red Bull Ant?

Between noon and 3 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Australian Red Bull Ant sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Which relatives of the Australian Red Bull Ant live in Royal National Park?

Same genus: Myrmecia

The closest relatives of the Australian Red Bull Ant that you can see in Royal National Park (genus Myrmecia, Bull Ants) are Red Bull Ant (about 40%), Giant Bulldog Ant (about 20%) and Golden-Tailed Bull Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Australian Red Bull Ant sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Australian Red Bull Ant is recorded against all the insects logged in Royal National Park (17 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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