Papyrius nitidus

Shining Coconut Ant at Dunlop, ACT

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Identification history

	Papyrius nitidus	25 Oct 2019	JonLewis
	Papyrius nitidus	25 Oct 2019	CathB

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Ants attending some sort of insect nymph on one tree and what appears to be a blue spider on another.

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JonLewis wrote:

26 Oct 2019

Good photos. The last two show the coconut ants dismembering a meat ant - it’s abdomen is already taken off and is on the right hand side. Must have been in the wrong place at the wrong time!

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Location information

Maps Aranda Bushland
Places Dunlop, ACT

Sighting information

101 - 1,000 Abundance
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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5mm to 12mm Animal size

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Papyrius nitidus Scientific name
Shining Coconut Ant Common name
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Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
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