Seed-harvesting ant at Michelago, NSW
Identification history
| Pheidole sp. (genus) | 5 Dec 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Pheidole sp. (genus) | 3 Dec 2020 | Illilanga |
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Private property. No public access without permission. Cheeto balls dropped by children!
2 comments
Illilanga
wrote:
7 Dec 2020
They are eating a cheese ball chip (Cheeto?) which our neighbour's kids dropped when they came to visit me while I was planting. I was amazed at how quickly the ants arrived. Not sure of the health benefits for the ants (or humans)! ;)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.159333-35.776653
- Altitude 787.3m
- Maps Illilanga & Baroona
- Places Michelago, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 28 Oct 2019 06:00 PM Recorded on
- Illilanga Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Illilanga Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Pheidole sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Seed-harvesting ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1141.89m Recorded at altitude
- 175 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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