Melophorus rufoniger

1 Red and Black Furnace Ant at Aranda, ACT

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Identification history

Melophorus rufoniger	16 Dec 2019	JonLewis
Melophorus rufoniger	16 Dec 2019	JonLewis
Unverified	14 Dec 2019	Jubeyjubes

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2 comments

JonLewis wrote:

17 Dec 2019

Hi Jubeyjubes, a new species for CNM! Good photos again, and photo 4 is great because it shows two sizes of the same species. The genus Melophorus is generally polymorphic, which means that a colony can have workers of all sizes, sometimes from very small right up to battleship size. Cheers, Jon

Jubeyjubes wrote:

17 Dec 2019

Oh that's so so exciting! I found them in the nature strip which I am rehabing into grassland... They have set up shop next to some Australian speargrass, themeda, and basalt grass if that is useful? Glad you like the photos as I can't quite get good ones for the moth people!

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Location information

Coordinates 149.077131 -35.259414
Places Aranda, ACT

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
14 Dec 2019 03:22 PM Recorded on
Jubeyjubes Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Jubeyjubes Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Melophorus rufoniger Scientific name
Red and Black Furnace Ant Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 786.6m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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