Formicidae (family)

Unidentified ant at Cooleman, NSW

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Identification history

	Formicidae (family)	15 Feb 2021	JonLewis
	Unverified	13 Feb 2021	alexwatt

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As the water level rose, the ants all gathered on a rock and then they were all washed off clinging together like this

2 comments

JonLewis wrote:

15 Feb 2021

Hi Alex, I can't identify the ant from the photos, but it is a nice observation. Quite a lot of ants do this "rafting" behaviour to deal with flooding. There's a nice video of this at the following link. Cheers, Jon https://watch.thewest.com.au/show/357820

alexwatt wrote:

15 Feb 2021

Nice video! thanks. clever ants.

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Location information

Sighting information

101 - 1,000 Abundance
7 Feb 2021 02:13 AM Recorded on
alexwatt Recorded by
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alexwatt Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects

Additional information

Less than 5mm Animal size

Species information

Formicidae (family) Scientific name
Unidentified ant Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1373m Recorded at altitude
616 images trained Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania