Camponotus suffusus

Golden-tailed sugar ant at Majura, ACT

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Identification history

	Camponotus suffusus	29 Mar 2020	JonLewis
	Camponotus aeneopilosus	27 Mar 2020	jb2602

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JonLewis wrote:

29 Mar 2020

Hi again JBromilow50, another pair of ants that look pretty similar. The general shape and level of fuzziness on this ant makes it C. suffusus. You can also just see in the photo that the head is darker than the body (black vs very dark red), while C. aeneopilosus is a pretty uniformly black ant in head and body.

Your ant also looks like it is a major (i.e. one of the very big soldiers/heavy workers) with large robust body and big head. Most of the photos of this species on CNM are of ordinary workers, which are more lightly built. Cheers, Jon

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Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
26 Mar 2020 12:42 PM Recorded on
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jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects

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5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Camponotus suffusus Scientific name
Golden-tailed sugar ant Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 899.01m Recorded at altitude
243 images trained Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

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