Camponotus nigriceps
Black-headed sugar ant at Evatt, ACT
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| Camponotus nigriceps | SimonDunstan | 10 Nov 2024 | |
| Camponotus nigriceps | SimonDunstan | 10 Oct 2024 | |
| Camponotus sp. (genus) | JonLewis | 30 Dec 2019 | |
| Camponotus consobrinus | TimL | 30 Dec 2019 |
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Presumably a wingless Queen. Sighted at rest at high level on a wall.
1 comment
31 Dec 2019
Hi Tim, she is certainly a Camponotus, but all the images I have seen of C. consobrinus queens show the first segment (front part) of the gaster (abdomen) with a light coloured band, the same as you see in the workers, and this is not apparent in your photos. It might be Camponotus nigriceps, but not sure. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.063911-35.213392
- Places Evatt, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 26 Dec 2019 07:43 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Camponotus nigriceps Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
Species information
- Camponotus nigriceps Scientific name
- Black-headed sugar ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 963.3m Recorded at altitude
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