1 A spiny ant at Garran, ACT
Identification history
| Polyrhachis sp. (genus) | 23 May 2019 | JonLewis | ||
| Polyrhachis phryne | 23 May 2019 | BIrdsinCanberra |
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I was looking at a tree with Sugar Ants climbing down its trunk, when I noticed what I believe was a Spiny Ant climbing in the opposite direction. It bumped into at least one Sugar Ant without any interaction. Please note, photos 1 and 2 are of one ant and photo 3 is the second ant I saw but on a different tree.
2 comments
JonLewis
wrote:
24 May 2019
Hi, the first two photos are of a queen that has lost her wings, and it's not easy to tell what species she is. The third photo is of a worker, but can't quite make out enough detail to confirm it as Polyrhachis phryne, although it is a pretty likely guess. Cheers, Jon
BIrdsinCanberra
wrote:
26 May 2019
Hi Jon, Many thanks for that information, that is really interesting. Really appreciate you passing this on. All the best.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.096337-35.339390
- Altitude 609.3m
- Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Garran, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 17 May 2019 05:20 PM Recorded on
- BIrdsinCanberra Recorded by
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Polyrhachis sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A spiny ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1367.61m Recorded at altitude
- 72 images trained Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
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