Dolichoderinae (subfamily)
Kambah, ACT
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| Dolichoderinae (subfamily) | JonLewis | 16 Sep 2019 | |
| Dolichoderinae (subfamily) | JonLewis | 16 Sep 2019 | |
| Unverified | Marthijn | 15 Sep 2019 |
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In my backyard.
4 comments
16 Sep 2019
Hi Marthijn, do you have any other photos of this ant? Another angle would help for the ID. Cheers, Jon
16 Sep 2019
Hi Jon, sorry, don't have another angle on this one. Thanks for pointing this out, I will make an effort to get more angles the next time. Size was about 2.5 mm (the yellow stripe is 2 mm across)
17 Sep 2019
Hi Marthijn, I have IDed this only to subfamily as two genera, Iridomyrmex and Anonychomyrma, can look very similar at some angles. It could be Iridomyrmex rufoniger, like your other sighting, but can't be sure. Cheers, Jon
17 Sep 2019
Thanks Jon, likely they are the same as in my newer sighting, as the photos were taken about 0.5 m apart (this one on a garden hose providing a ramp to the wall of the other sighting). Truly impressed by how well you can identify these.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.066223-35.377018
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 11 Sep 2019 04:14 PM Recorded on
- Marthijn Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Marthijn Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Dolichoderinae (subfamily)
Species information
- Dolichoderinae (subfamily) Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 987.3m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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4 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location