Podomyrma adelaidae

Muscleman tree ant at Yass River, NSW

Podomyrma adelaidae at Yass River, NSW - 16 Sep 2019
Podomyrma adelaidae at Yass River, NSW - 16 Sep 2019
Podomyrma adelaidae at Yass River, NSW - 16 Sep 2019
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Identification history

Podomyrma adelaidae 22 Sep 2019 JonLewis
Formicidae (family) 22 Sep 2019 JonLewis
Formicidae (family) 21 Sep 2019 michaelb
Podomyrma adelaidae 16 Sep 2019 SenexRugosus

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All individuals had the two distinctive yellow blobs on their abdomens.

3 comments

michaelb wrote:
   21 Sep 2019
The suggestion of Formicidae sp. (family) was made merely to test if SenexRugosus email alerts are working.
JonLewis wrote:
   22 Sep 2019
Good ID Senex! And another new species for CNM. Cheers, Jon
SenexRugosus wrote:
   23 Sep 2019
Thanks Jon. This one literally crawled onto me while I was using the tree to stabilise a telephoto shot of some birds. :-)

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  • 16 Sep 2019 01:44 PM Recorded on
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  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size

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