Meranoplus sp. (genus)
Shield Ant at Dunlop, ACT
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| Meranoplus sp. (genus) | JonLewis | 6 Nov 2019 | |
| Meranoplus sp. (genus) | CathB | 6 Nov 2019 |
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Very busy little ants that don't stop for photographs.
5 comments
23 Nov 2019
Hi Jon, I’ve added two new pictures (images 4 and 5), taken at the same place on 20 Nov. I thought this was just a slightly larger ant – it looked the same and it moved the same way. However, in the photos it looks more like a mutillid wasp than an ant. Some form of mimicry perhaps?
4 Dec 2019
Yes Cath, 4 and 5 are a female mutillid wasp. It would be good to separate them as a different sighting, with a note as to their association with the Meranoplus.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.073365-35.268540
- Altitude 593.3m
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Dunlop, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 6 Nov 2019 12:00 AM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Meranoplus sp. (genus) Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
Species information
- Meranoplus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Shield Ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 690.3m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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7 / 7
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