Shining Coconut Ant at Wamboin, NSW
Identification history
| Papyrius nitidus | 6 May 2018 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Papyrius nitidus | 6 May 2018 | natureguy |
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Significant sighting
User's notes
Smelled distinctly of coconut. Unfortunately you can't see the nest very well, but they were nesting in a half-dead eucalypt.
3 comments
natureguy
wrote:
6 May 2018
Sorry, could somebody please tell me how to suppress the location for this sighting.
Thanks
Thanks
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
7 May 2018
Natureguy - only you and the ant moderators can see the location. It is hidden for everybody else.
Location information
- Places Wamboin, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 30 Apr 2018 04:00 PM Recorded on
- natureguy Recorded by
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Significant Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) natureguy Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Nest building Breeding behaviour
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Papyrius nitidus Scientific name
- Shining Coconut Ant Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 915 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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