Camponotus suffusus
Golden-tailed sugar ant at Hackett, ACT
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| Camponotus suffusus | JonLewis | 5 Oct 2018 | |
| Camponotus suffusus | MichaelMulvaney | 5 Oct 2018 | |
| Dolichoderus scabridus | jb2602 | 2 May 2018 |
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5 comments
4 May 2018
There are 2 species here. Images 1 and 2 are a Camponotus, probably C. suffusus. Images 3-5 look like the 'meat ant', Iridomyrmex purpureus.
18 Dec 2018
This looks like Camponotus aeneopilosus to me. Note the black legs. I may be wrong but I think leg colour is consistent in these two species.
18 Dec 2018
Hi Silversea, good comment about the leg colour. Sometimes the legs of Camponotus suffusus are distinctly red, while other times quite dark (though still reddish under magnification). In these photos, although the leg colour is quite dark, you can tell it is suffusus because of the head and body shape, and the fuzzy grey areas on the body, which are caused by the ant being covered by quite dense hairs. Cheers, Jon
19 Dec 2018
Thanks Jon for iterating the more technical reasons for the ID. I could not tell that there were differences in these traits from the genus key. As with most regions the dark Camponotus tend to be more complex than they seem.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.176541-35.250875
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 2 May 2018 03:47 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
Collections
- jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Camponotus suffusus Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
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
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