Camponotus consobrinus
Banded sugar ant at Paddys River, ACT
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| Camponotus consobrinus | KimPullen | 22 Feb 2017 | |
| Camponotus consobrinus | KimPullen | 22 Feb 2017 | |
| Camponotus nigriceps | MichaelBedingfield | 18 Feb 2017 | |
| Unverified | MichaelBedingfield | 18 Feb 2017 |
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These ants were roaming all over the shrub (Bursaria spinosa), apparently interested in some scale insects, but were being hunted by bullants, see sighting 3371740; on the western side of the Murrumbidgee River, north of Tharwa.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.065656-35.500133
- Altitude 586.3m
- Maps Point Hut to Tharwa
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 9 Feb 2017 08:41 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
- Bursaria spinosa Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects & spiders on Bursaria spinosa - a research project. MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Camponotus consobrinus Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
Species information
- Camponotus consobrinus Scientific name
- Banded sugar ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1409.4m Recorded at altitude
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