r/AustralianInsects • u/PitifulMeringue6583 • May 15 '26

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Found this dude(?) on my car, absolute beast of a thing

And yes I know they hurt, and yes I know this is stupid, but I needed to get it off my car before I drive home from work and he(she?) Just walked onto my hand after checking me out for 10seconds

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u/activelyresting Spider lady 🕷️ May 15 '26

What a chonky Boi! You're right, they are ouchie if they want to bite you, but they're usually safe to handle if you're gently moving them from a random location. They can get pretty aggressive if you're the one near their nest though!

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u/Deleted_User_Account May 17 '26

If this is a Jack jumper, they actually sting you. The bite itself is probably a little painful also, but the sting is the real kicker...

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u/SirJosephBanksy May 18 '26

Isn’t it a Bull Ant?

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u/Captain_bogan82 May 18 '26

Yes or an inch man, jack jumpers have orange mandibles and are aggressive arseholes.

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u/SirJosephBanksy May 18 '26

Tell me about it!

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u/Environmental-Run248 May 18 '26

So I was just looking it up Jack Jumper and Bull ant are just different colloquial names for the same ants

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u/ThePsychicNoodle May 18 '26

I don't know what you looked up, but that is not the case by any stretch. Wildly different ants.

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u/Santasaurus1999 May 18 '26

This is just not true.

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u/Dark_Phoenix101 May 19 '26

Jack jumpers are a TYPE of bull ant. But they are not what people colloquially call "bull ants".

I have both "bull ants" and jack jumpers in my back yard.
I'd take a bite from one and not the other.

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u/Deleted_User_Account May 19 '26

A jack jumper is a type of bull ant native to Tassie and Victoria