Camponotus suffusus

Golden-tailed sugar ant at Acton, ACT

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Identification history

	Camponotus suffusus	31 Mar 2021	JonLewis
	Camponotus aeneopilosus	31 Mar 2021	TimL

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The ant was working away at the surface of a retaining wall.

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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

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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
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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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
241 images trained Machine learning
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