Papyrius nitidus

Shining Coconut Ant at Red Hill, ACT

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Location information

• Places Red Hill, ACT

Sighting information

• 16 - 100 Abundance
• JackyF Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) JackyF Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• gum logs, no ants seen in nearby saplings Associated plant
• Less than 5mm Animal size

Species information

• Papyrius nitidus Scientific name
• Shining Coconut Ant Common name
• Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• 915 images trained Machine learning
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• Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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