Shining Coconut Ant at Dunlop, ACT
Identification history
| Papyrius nitidus | 25 Oct 2019 | JonLewis | ||
| Papyrius nitidus | 25 Oct 2019 | CathB |
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User's notes
Ants attending some sort of insect nymph on one tree and what appears to be a blue spider on another.
1 comment
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!
Location information
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Dunlop, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- CathB Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
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
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