Crematogaster sp. (genus)

Acrobat ant, Cocktail ant at Macgregor, ACT

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Identification history

	Crematogaster sp. (genus)	8 Feb 2021	JonLewis
	Anonychomyrma sp. (genus)	16 Dec 2020	trevorpreston

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JonLewis wrote:

8 Feb 2021

Hi tpreston, I must have looked at this one on my phone, late at night! It is a Cocktail Ant, but it's Crematogaster rather than Anonychomyrma, sorry. You can usually tell it's Crematogaster by the heart-shaped gaster (the pointy abdomen), which is shaped differently in Anonychomyrma. Cheers, Jon

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Sighting information

101 - 1,000 Abundance
16 Dec 2020 03:53 PM Recorded on
trevorpreston Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) trevorpreston

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Gum tree Associated plant
Less than 5mm Animal size

Species information

Crematogaster sp. (genus) Scientific name
Acrobat ant, Cocktail ant Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 834.76m Recorded at altitude
297 images trained Machine learning
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