Acrobat ant, Cocktail ant at Evatt, ACT
Identification history
| Crematogaster sp. (genus) | 2 May 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Crematogaster sp. (genus) | 2 May 2020 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 18 Apr 2020 | TimL |
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User's notes
Not sure what caused the ants to swarm on a path like this. They were focused on a small area and appeared to be carrying away small white particles. Possibly a bird dropping?
1 comment
JonLewis
wrote:
2 May 2020
Hi Tim, yes, the ants are probably picking up particles of bird dropping. Some larger ants will pick up whole droppings and take them home. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.064157-35.213301
- Places Evatt, ACT
Sighting information
- 100 Abundance
- 19 Oct 2015 05:58 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Crematogaster sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Acrobat ant, Cocktail ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 834.76m Recorded at altitude
- 318 images trained Machine learning
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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