Camponotus intrepidus

Flumed Sugar Ant at Dunlop, ACT

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Identification history

	Camponotus intrepidus	3 Jan 2019	JonLewis
	Unverified	2 Jan 2019	KMcCue

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An amazing nest entrance, and there are two different ants in one of the photos

3 comments

JonLewis wrote:

3 Jan 2019

Hi Kevin, the first photo shows a meat ant (Iridomyrmex purpureus) in the bottom right-hand corner, while the ant on the nest I can't ID - it could be a Camponotus or possibly a Melophorus. The nest is very interesting, as it seems to be made of carton rather than soil, so if you get the chance to take more photos with ants entering or exiting the nest it would be good to see them. Cheers, Jon

KMcCue wrote:

4 Jan 2019

Thanks Jon
I have added 2 photos, the structure appears to be made from grasses, glued together rather than woven. I had thought it was soil until I looked at my photos on the computer and was quite surprised.

KMcCue wrote:

4 Jan 2019

Again thanks Jon. I took the photo because I thought it was unusual, in my nearly 60 years in Canberra. But I keep being surprised and you, the moderators, make it all worthwhile.

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Location information

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
30 Dec 2018 08:14 AM Recorded on
KMcCue Recorded by
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KMcCue Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Camponotus intrepidus Scientific name
Flumed Sugar Ant Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1149.3m Recorded at altitude
107 images trained Machine learning
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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania