Podomyrma gratiosa
Muscleman tree ant at Hawker, ACT
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| Podomyrma gratiosa | AlisonMilton | 23 Nov 2020 |
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Interestingly, those carry food were all carrying it up the tree rather than down.
1 comment
23 Nov 2020
Hi Alison, nice photo again. Podomyrma will sometimes nest in the ground near the base of a tree, but more commonly have nests in a crack, hollow or dead branch up a tree. The ants you saw may have been foraging on the ground and taking the food back up to the nest. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.041912-35.243113
- Altitude 632.9m
- Places Hawker, ACT
Sighting information
- 25 Abundance
- 20 Nov 2020 10:51 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
- Eucalyptus Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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- AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Podomyrma gratiosa Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
Species information
- Podomyrma gratiosa Scientific name
- Muscleman tree ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 834.88m Recorded at altitude
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