Black-headed sugar ant at Queanbeyan West, NSW
Identification history
| Camponotus nigriceps | 10 Apr 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Camponotus nigriceps | 10 Apr 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Camponotus sp. (genus) | 10 Apr 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Camponotus sp. (genus) | 8 Apr 2020 | Speedsta |
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3 comments
Speedsta
wrote:
14 Apr 2020
Why does this one have a larger head and in other colonies they are all small?
JonLewis
wrote:
14 Apr 2020
Hi Speedsta, some groups of ants have only one size of worker, but others can have two or more sizes. Camponotus ants are dimorphic, having mainly normal sized workers (the smaller ones, called minors) and a smaller number of much larger and more strongly built workers, known as majors. The majors do heavy work and also act as guard ants. The head is very large because it has very large muscles to power the large jaws. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.198591-35.362380
- Maps Queanbeyan Nature Reserve
- Places Queanbeyan West, NSW
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 6 Apr 2020 05:36 PM Recorded on
- Speedsta Recorded by
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Collections
Speedsta Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Camponotus nigriceps 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
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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