Shining Coconut Ant at Aranda, ACT
Identification history
| Papyrius nitidus | 5 May 2018 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Papyrius nitidus | 5 May 2018 | CathB |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
5 May 2018
Thanks Cath - first CNM record of this species north of the Lake - would appreciate any further records
User's notes
Ants smell of coconut when crushed. Their tunnel of debris goes almost as high as the fork seen near the top of image 5 in an apparently healthy Eucalyptus polyanthemos. Large sheets of bark have peeled off near the base, possibly as a result of a prescribed burn in 2016, and many ants were under these.
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Location information
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 5 May 2018 03:42 PM Recorded on
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Significant Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Papyrius nitidus Scientific name
- Shining Coconut Ant Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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