A sugar ant at Paddys River, ACT
Identification history
| Camponotus sp. (genus) | 12 Oct 2018 | JonLewis | ||
| Unverified | 20 Sep 2018 | SWishart |
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User's notes
I'm not sure about the size of the ant but it was neither tiny (like a black house ant) nor enormous (like a bull ant)
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JonLewis
wrote:
12 Oct 2018
Possibly Camponotus loweyi or Camponotus claripes group, but can't quite tell.
Jon
Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 148.891163-35.487672
- Altitude 870.9m
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1,001 - 10,000 Abundance
- 5 Sep 2018 12:44 PM Recorded on
- SWishart Recorded by
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Collections
SWishart Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Camponotus sp. (genus) Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Camponotus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A sugar ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1650.1m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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