1 Shining Coconut Ant at Dunlop, ACT
Identification history
| Papyrius nitidus | 28 Mar 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Papyrius nitidus | 26 Mar 2019 | John Brannan |
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User's notes
This was one of about a dozen coconut ant colonies in the same area, all at the base of tubestock planted in October 2011.
1 comment
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
27 Mar 2019
John this is an unusual nesting site - can you please get a photo of the ants? We suspect that the coconut ant is actually a complex of species.
Location information
- Maps The Pinnacle
- Places Dunlop, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 22 Mar 2019 12:07 PM Recorded on
- John Brannan Recorded by
Additional information
- Dodonea viscosa Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Papyrius nitidus Scientific name
- Shining Coconut Ant Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- 910 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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