Pheidole sp. (genus)
Seed-harvesting ant at Aranda, ACT
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| Pheidole sp. (genus) | JonLewis | 9 Mar 2020 | |
| Unverified | Jubeyjubes | 9 Mar 2020 |
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User's notes
So. The littlest ants were about 0.5 mm and the bigger about 1.5mm I think - and the little ones really seemed interested in the big ones. One of the photos is taken seperately to the others but I think is the same species? Taken with 21X microscopic lens on iPhone.
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10 Mar 2020
Hi JJ, yes, these all seem to be the same species. Pheidole is a genus that always has spectacularly large 'major' workers compared with the 'minor' workers. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.076628-35.259522
- Places Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 9 Mar 2020 03:13 PM Recorded on
- Jubeyjubes Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- Jubeyjubes Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Pheidole sp. (genus) Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
Species information
- Pheidole sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Seed-harvesting ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1141.89m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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7 / 7
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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