Shining Coconut Ant at Red Hill, ACT
Identification history
| Papyrius nitidus | 28 Oct 2020 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Papyrius nitidus | 28 Oct 2020 | Ratcliffe |
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User's notes
possible coconut ant colony at base of live acacia baileyana
3 comments
Ratcliffe
wrote:
29 Oct 2020
hi Alison
Unfortunately I only had my phone which won't take those tiny ants. They did smell very coconutty when squashed between fingers
Unfortunately I only had my phone which won't take those tiny ants. They did smell very coconutty when squashed between fingers
Location information
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Red Hill, ACT
Sighting information
- 1,001 - 10,000 Abundance
- 4 Oct 2020 11:36 AM Recorded on
- Ratcliffe Recorded by
Additional information
- Acacia Baileyana Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Papyrius nitidus Scientific name
- Shining Coconut Ant Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- 910 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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