Shining Coconut Ant at Deakin, ACT
Identification history
| Papyrius nitidus | 31 Oct 2018 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Papyrius nitidus | 30 Oct 2018 | JackyF |
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This coconut ant nest site has been recorded as a sighting previously. Adding this sighting to show the presence of empty pupae cases of unknown insect on stems of tree in which ants are nesting. Michael Mulvaney is looking into what insect they belong to.
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Location information
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- JackyF Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) JackyF Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Papyrius nitidus Scientific name
- Shining Coconut Ant Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 915 images trained Machine learning
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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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