Papyrius nitidus

Shining Coconut Ant at O'Malley, ACT

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Identification history

	Papyrius nitidus	5 Mar 2018	MichaelMulvaney
	Papyrius nitidus	5 Mar 2018	Kristy

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3 comments

alexwatt wrote:

6 Mar 2018

Forgive me, but I just can't see the ant.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

6 Mar 2018

The ant has a distinctive nest and we are interested in their location because of an association with a butterfly. You can see what the ant looks like at this location
http://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3391653

alexwatt wrote:

6 Mar 2018

Thanks Michael :)

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Location information

Maps Mount Mugga Mugga
Places O'Malley, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
5 Mar 2018 01:51 PM Recorded on
Kristy Recorded by

Additional information

On naturally fallen timber Associated plant

Species information

Papyrius nitidus Scientific name
Shining Coconut Ant Common name
Sensitive
Local native
Non-Invasive
910 images trained Machine learning
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