Shining Coconut Ant at Belconnen, ACT
Identification history
| Papyrius nitidus | 9 Aug 2018 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Papyrius nitidus | 31 Jul 2018 | CathB |
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User's notes
More winged tree-climbing 'coconut ants'. Does the large size suggest that these are queens? These ants seem to be very widespread in Aranda Bushland, so I will only report further sightings if they are needed.
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MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
31 Jul 2018
Thanks Cath - I had a discussion with Suzie Bond about coconut ants and she was going to talk to an ant expert at CSIRO, re identification of possible different coconut ant species and then we would need to consider or assess whether different species may have an impact on what butterflies are utilising the ant nest. We would like your records as we are likely to survey those areas with a high concentration of ants, but you don't need to id every nest just enough for it to be clear where there are concentrations of nests.
Location information
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Belconnen, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- CathB Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Papyrius nitidus
Additional information
- Eucalyptus macrorhynca Associated plant
Species information
- Papyrius nitidus Scientific name
- Shining Coconut Ant Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 860.96m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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