A Golden-tailed sugar ant at Dunlop, ACT
Identification history
| Camponotus aeneopilosus | 18 Dec 2019 | JonLewis | ||
| Camponotus aeneopilosus | 18 Dec 2019 | CathB |
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User's notes
Many of these busily exploring on the ground and some on tree trunks. I am guessing that they are queens that have shed their wings, leaving the brown stumps on their thoraxes.
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JonLewis
wrote:
19 Dec 2019
Yep, queens looking for somewhere to dig a nest. I don't fancy their chances this season.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.073211-35.268329
- Altitude 590.3m
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Dunlop, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 17 Dec 2019 05:19 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Female Gender
Species information
- Camponotus aeneopilosus Scientific name
- A Golden-tailed sugar ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 870.48m Recorded at altitude
- 262 images trained Machine learning
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