Shining Coconut Ant at Hackett, ACT
Identification history
| Papyrius nitidus | 25 May 2019 | JonLewis | ||
| Papyrius nitidus | 25 May 2019 | TimL |
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User's notes
The images show the external cover of vegetable and soil matter over a forage way up a tree. The third image shows two ants on the tree trunk next to the forage way. The ants are shown in detail in sighting 4223448. Thanks to Marcus Leach for the initial sighting of the ants.
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JonLewis
wrote:
26 May 2019
Hi Tim, as noted for sighting 4223448, the ants foraging on the tree trunk are Monomorium kiliani, but the carton over the trail up the trunk certainly looks like the work of Papyrius nitidus. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Maps ANBG
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 24 May 2019 12:58 PM Recorded on
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) TimL
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm 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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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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