Melophorus rufoniger

Red and Black Furnace Ant at Aranda, ACT

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Identification history

	Melophorus rufoniger	26 Oct 2020	JonLewis
	Melophorus rufoniger	23 Oct 2020	Jubeyjubes

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Out in the nature strip again...

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JonLewis wrote:

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

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Location information

Coordinates 149.077114 -35.259411
Places Aranda, ACT

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
23 Oct 2020 12:19 PM Recorded on
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Jubeyjubes Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

Less than 5mm Animal size

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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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania