A sugar ant at Aranda, ACT
Identification history
| Camponotus sp. (genus) | 19 Jan 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Unidentified | 19 Jan 2020 | KMcCue |
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User's notes
They erupted whilst I was digging in the garden, so they are covered in dust (soil particles, not ash). Possibly meat ants?
1 comment
JonLewis
wrote:
20 Jan 2020
The first image certainly looks like a Camponotus, the second image I’m not so sure.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.081392-35.258203
- Altitude 642.0m
- Places Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 17 Jan 2020 06:04 PM Recorded on
- KMcCue Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) KMcCue Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Camponotus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A sugar ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1650.1m Recorded at altitude
- 208 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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