Papyrius nitidus
1 Shining Coconut Ant at Chifley, ACT
Identify this sighting
| Papyrius nitidus | AlisonMilton | 17 Jan 2021 | |
| Papyrius nitidus | MatthewFrawley | 17 Jan 2021 |
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
First Mt Taylor Nature Reserve sighting for Coconut Ant colony, discovered jointly by Alan Wade and Sandra Walpole.
Be the first to comment
Location information
- Maps Mount Taylor
- Places Chifley, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Papyrius nitidus Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
Species information
- Papyrius nitidus Scientific name
- Shining Coconut Ant Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 860.96m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
- Images or audio
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Description
- Additional attributes
- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location