Melophorus rufoniger
Red and Black Furnace Ant at Aranda, ACT
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| Melophorus rufoniger | JonLewis | 26 Oct 2020 | |
| Melophorus rufoniger | Jubeyjubes | 23 Oct 2020 |
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Out in the nature strip again...
1 comment
26 Oct 2020
Hi Jubeyjubes, sorry for the delay on this one - there are three relatively common Melophorus which look pretty similar (M. rufoniger, M. perthensis and M. aeneovirens) so I took a while to check through them all. Based on this sighting and the photos you took last year I'm still pretty happy with M. rufoniger. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.077114-35.259411
- Places Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 23 Oct 2020 12:19 PM Recorded on
- Jubeyjubes Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Jubeyjubes Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Melophorus rufoniger
Species information
- Melophorus rufoniger Scientific name
- Red and Black Furnace Ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 786.6m Recorded at altitude
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7 / 7
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