Melophorus rufoniger
1 Red and Black Furnace Ant at Aranda, ACT
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| Melophorus rufoniger | JonLewis | 16 Dec 2019 | |
| Melophorus rufoniger | JonLewis | 16 Dec 2019 | |
| Unverified | Jubeyjubes | 14 Dec 2019 |
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2 comments
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
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!
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
Collections
- Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Jubeyjubes Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Melophorus rufoniger
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
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