Possum Ant at Downer, ACT
Identification history
| Myrmecorhynchus emeryi | 19 Aug 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Myrmecorhynchus emeryi | 19 Aug 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Unidentified | 19 Aug 2020 | TimL |
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User's notes
Sighted at rest on the side of a tree on a cold morning.
2 comments
JonLewis
wrote:
19 Aug 2020
Hi Tim, Myrmecorhynchus emeryi is a polymorphic species, so it has small ants ("minors") and big ants ("majors"). I think this is the first photo in CNM of a major, which is why it looks a bit different from the other entries for this species. Cheers, Jon
TimL
wrote:
20 Aug 2020
Thanks Jon. When I first sighted the ant I thought it looked different to ones I've previously seen. Another piece of an endless, complex puzzle. Tim
Location information
- Coordinates 149.104942-35.273075
- Altitude 645.6m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Downer, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Aug 2020 11:29 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm 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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