Papyrius nitidus

1 Shining Coconut Ant at Stromlo, ACT

Papyrius nitidus at Stromlo, ACT - 5 Feb 2019
Request use of media

Identification history

Papyrius nitidus 12 Feb 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Papyrius nitidus 12 Feb 2019 BrianSummers

Identify this sighting


Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

stick nests on several branches of a sapling. Ants also using holes in ground around base of sapling.

4 comments

   13 Feb 2019
Thanks - if you are out this way could you please keep your eyes out for the eggs, caterpillar or adult of the Small Ant Blue Butterfly which has a complex relationship with the coconut ant
see https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Species/Details/23496
BrianSummers wrote:
   13 Feb 2019
Shall do Michael.
AlisonMilton wrote:
   13 Feb 2019
Also looks like a case moth on right-hand side of the tree.
   13 Feb 2019
Yes well spotted Alison

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Sighting information

  • 4 - 15 Abundance
  • 5 Feb 2019 10:51 AM Recorded on
  • BrianSummers Recorded by

Additional information

  • E. rossii Associated plant
  • Less than 5mm Animal size

Species information

Record quality

  • Images or audio
  • More than one media file
  • Confirmed by an expert moderator
  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
  • GPS evidence of location
  • Description
  • Additional attributes
2,153,980 sightings of 19,952 species in 6,496 locations from 11,442 contributors
CCA 3.0 | privacy
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.