1 Shield Ant at Cook, ACT
Identification history
| Meranoplus sp. (genus) | 9 Jun 2019 | JonLewis | ||
| Meranoplus sp. (genus) | 8 Jun 2019 | CathB |
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User's notes
Same area as previous sighting (4223742). Only one individual seen and it was very active, showing no inclination to play dead. Perhaps all its mates were out of sight playing dead and this was a decoy!
1 comment
JonLewis
wrote:
9 Jun 2019
No problems with the photos this time Cath - these are great! Thanks, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.074316-35.268474
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 7 Jun 2019 02:16 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
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Featured CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Meranoplus sp. (genus) Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Meranoplus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Shield Ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 690.3m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes