Formicidae (family)

Unidentified ant at Aranda, ACT

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Identification history

Formicidae (family)	26 Oct 2020	JonLewis
Formicidae (family)	26 Oct 2020	JonLewis
Camponotus sp. (genus)	16 Oct 2020	michaelb
Unidentified	16 Oct 2020	Jubeyjubes

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3 comments

JonLewis wrote:

26 Oct 2020

Hi Jubeyjubes & Michael, this one is not all that obvious even at the genus level - a lot of queens look a bit the same, so I don't think it can be confidently identified (by me at least!). Cheers, Jon

Jubeyjubes wrote:

26 Oct 2020

Thanks Jon! Should I even bother posting photos of the queens? I have another collected on the weekend that I have not uploaded yet...

JonLewis wrote:

26 Oct 2020

Hi Jubeyjubes, it's a good question. Some queens are pretty common so we can identify to genus or even species fairly confidently, but others are harder due to being seen less often or just being smaller, making good images difficult. For all ants (and probably most insects) having a photo from the back, from the side and one of the front of the head is best - but this is not easy to do in the field, I know. So, always feel free to add a sighting, but the better the image (or images) the better chance of a good ID. Cheers, Jon

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