Camponotus suffusus

Golden-tailed sugar ant at Hackett, ACT

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Identification history

	Camponotus suffusus	12 Mar 2019	JonLewis
	Unverified	11 Mar 2019	YumiCallaway

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2 comments

JonLewis wrote:

13 Mar 2019

Hi Yumi, Nice photos. This genus of ant has a range of sizes within a species, called 'majors' and 'minors'. Sometimes there are intermediate sized ones too. This one, you won't be surprised, is a major, with very big head and jaws. I've seen a few of them around recently, so they must be taking advantage of the last warm weather! Cheers, Jon

YumiCallaway wrote:

13 Mar 2019

Cool! Thanks Jon :)

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Location information

Coordinates 149.088558 -35.275567
Altitude 599.0m
Maps Black Mountain
Places Hackett, ACT

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
21 Dec 2018 09:30 AM Recorded on
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) YumiCallaway Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Camponotus suffusus Scientific name
Golden-tailed sugar ant Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 899.01m Recorded at altitude
241 images trained Machine learning
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