Golden-tailed sugar ant at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Camponotus suffusus | 31 Mar 2021 | JonLewis | ||
| Camponotus aeneopilosus | 31 Mar 2021 | TimL |
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User's notes
The ant was working away at the surface of a retaining wall.
1 comment
JonLewis
wrote:
31 Mar 2021
Hi Tim, great photos, but the ID is the other golden tailed Camponotus. There are actually quite a few Camponotus species with a golden tail, but only a few common ones around our region. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108607-35.272880
- Altitude 621.9m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 30 Mar 2021 11:28 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Camponotus suffusus Scientific name
- Golden-tailed sugar ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 899.01m Recorded at altitude
- 236 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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