Shining Coconut Ant at Latham, ACT
Identification history
| Papyrius nitidus | 14 Nov 2019 | JonLewis | ||
| Papyrius nitidus | 14 Nov 2019 | MattM |
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User's notes
Is this coconut ant? The crushed ants have a subtle scent that is somewhere between coconut and formic acid. There is a lot of chaff, but it's in a fallen blue gum rather than a stringy bark.
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Location information
- Maps Umbagong District Park
- Places Latham, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 14 Nov 2019 01:56 PM Recorded on
- MattM Recorded by
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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- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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