Eek!

[asimov (John)]

The missus & I went for a lil' stroll the other day, & came across a nest full of these nasties! Very cool to look at & take pics of...just DON'T stir em' up!

The dreaded inch ant. This variety we call the 2" ant around our area lol!

[slice of heaven]

Their nasty suckers alright.
Tassie has a worse species of ant.......has 2 heads I think

[asimov (John)]

Hmmm! These ones must be related to the tassie ones Slice! I distinctly saw a scar on one where the second head used to be!? It must of had the dreaded 'phantom limb', cos' it was trying to bite me with the wrong head! (stoopid ant)

[ving (David)]

they are agressicve lil buggers too! they'll chase ya down and kill ya!
saw one that was 3 foot long once take out a jeep!

[slice of heaven]

[ving (David)]

oh ok, so it wasnt 3 feet long. it was 2'11".5 and a bit

[Starkler (Geoff)]

He's a big looking bugger !
Reminds me of a time when I was kneeling on the ground and a big bull ant stung me through my jeans. Hurt like hell it did too .

[asimov (John)]

I'm gonna go visit their nest again tomorrow & get some more pics...this time all stirred up N' VICIOUS! hehehe!

[h0ughy (David)]

he looks realy nasty! why not offer him your finder and do a report on what scale you rate the ant bite

[asimov (John)]

I can already rate the bite from when I was a kid!! out of 10 for pain: 9/10 I also rate my running speed after that: 11/10

[davidpretorius]

that's not an ant!!!!

[acropolite (Phil)]

Gotta agree with Dave, that's just a oplain old woosey boy, 2.5cm politically correct, north island ant (we have those here too but ours are called inchmen). If you want mean, come and see the Tassie Jackjumper (Cause they jump about as well as run), half the size, bites twice as hard and is the nastiest little sucker you'll ever see. The jackjumpers at my shack (I think you northerners call them holiday homes) will detour from metres away just to bite you....

[slice of heaven]

I knew a Taswegian would jump on it
The Jack Jumpers are real horrors. I've seen a scar from a sting on a guy's leg that was allergic to them.

An oxy torch wouldn't have done much more damage.

[asimov (John)]

I would like to see a pic of one Phil or Dave?...then again, that's what googles for, dont worry bout it.

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Sounds like the are similar to our Qld Jumping Ant. Can jump about 3 feet off the ground and when they hit you (that's the only way to explain it), it feels like someone has jabbed you with a soldering iron soaked in caustic soda

[ving (David)]

we have jupming ants here is NSW too, big bugger they are but rare thankfully...
whtat they do is sit at the top of trees and bring down aircraft as they go past!
****** dangerous... then the investigator cant figure out why the planes crash in the bush for no apparent reason.
I swear its true!

[fringe_dweller]

hey Phil do they still have bluebottles in launceston? That was the nickname they had anyway when i was a kid - they are one of those wasp imitator ones, irradescent blue/green looking large ant - real pretty looking - I was bitten by one when i was kid in Launceston when we lived there for a few years. Most painful thing i ever experienced in my life, and i have had a few different bites over the years, spiders ect. Equivilant of a 100 bee stings in one go i reckon.
Kearn

[ving (David)]

hey kearn, is that a dreaded drop bear in your avatar?
all these dangerous animals are freaking me out!

[fringe_dweller]

yes mate! just before it attacked me I managed to get this shot - spent 6 months in hospital! but it was worth it
kearn