Camponotus nigriceps

Black-headed sugar ant at Evatt, ACT

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Identification history

Camponotus nigriceps	10 Nov 2024	SimonDunstan
Camponotus nigriceps	10 Oct 2024	SimonDunstan
Camponotus sp. (genus)	30 Dec 2019	JonLewis
Camponotus consobrinus	30 Dec 2019	TimL

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Presumably a wingless Queen. Sighted at rest at high level on a wall.

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JonLewis wrote:

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

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Location information

Coordinates 149.063911 -35.213392
Places Evatt, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
26 Dec 2019 07:43 PM Recorded on
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TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

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
83 images trained Machine learning
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