Unidentified ant at Cooleman, NSW
Identification history
| Formicidae (family) | 15 Feb 2021 | JonLewis | ||
| Unidentified | 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
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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
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.679176-35.626263
- Maps Kosciuszko National Park
- Places Cooleman, NSW
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 7 Feb 2021 02:13 AM Recorded on
- alexwatt Recorded by
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 1327.5m Recorded at altitude
- 319 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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