Pheidole sp. (genus)

Seed-harvesting ant at Mitchell, ACT

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Identification history

	Pheidole sp. (genus)	17 Dec 2020	JonLewis
	Unverified	17 Dec 2020	trevorpreston

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Under a concrete chunk.

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JonLewis wrote:

17 Dec 2020

Hi tpreston, this one was a a bit of a puzzle but the last photo gives us the best view of the head shape and mandibles - the big muscle-filled head and heavy duty mandibles make it a Pheidole "major" of some sort, although they still all look a little unusual. Cheers, Jon

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Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
17 Dec 2020 12:38 PM Recorded on
trevorpreston Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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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
224 images trained Machine learning
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