Possum Ant at Cook, ACT
Identification history
| Myrmecorhynchus emeryi | 3 Jul 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Myrmecorhynchus emeryi | 3 Jul 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Iridomyrmex sp. (genus) | 2 Jul 2020 | CathB |
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Attending psyllids seen in sighting 4263757
1 comment
JonLewis
wrote:
3 Jul 2020
Hi Cath, Iridomyrmex are generally pretty similar looking to Myrmecorhynchus, so you were not far wrong. Coincidentally there was another sighting of this species at the same time (4263753) with some closer images which show the ant pretty well. They seem to be much more common in the cold weather. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.073560-35.266395
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 24 Jun 2020 01:18 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Myrmecorhynchus emeryi Scientific name
- Possum Ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 822.91m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- 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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