Shining Coconut Ant at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Papyrius nitidus | 10 Jan 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Papyrius nitidus | 10 Jan 2019 | JackyF |
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Very active nest in small gum sapling. Many groups of ants were on stems tending small insects, mostly black and white banded insects bigger than the ants, see photo 1
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Location information
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- JackyF Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) JackyF Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- small gum sapling Associated plant
- 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
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