Seed-harvesting ant at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Pheidole sp. (genus) | 6 Jan 2018 | KimPullen | ||
| Unidentified | 5 Jan 2018 | ruthkerruish |
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User's notes
I hope the photo of the ant is sufficient to identify this seed harvesting ant - it has strong jaws. If not I will catch another one I haven't identified the seed yet but sometimes the seeds collected around different ant holes are obviously of a different source.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.098160-35.338809
- Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 5 Jan 2018 09:18 AM Recorded on
- ruthkerruish Recorded by
Additional information
- Seed harvesting. Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Burrow Breeding behaviour
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Pheidole sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Seed-harvesting ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1141.89m Recorded at altitude
- 151 images trained Machine learning
- External link More 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
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