Shining Coconut Ant at Downer, ACT
Identification history
| Papyrius nitidus | 13 Jul 2021 | JonLewis | ||
| Papyrius sp. (genus) | 12 Jul 2021 | RangerJim | ||
| Papyrius nitidus | 12 Jul 2021 | TimL |
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User's notes
The abundance number refers to ants seen passing through the covered forage way opening whilst images were being taken.
1 comment
JonLewis
wrote:
13 Jul 2021
Hi Tim & RangerJim, I'm pretty happy this is Papyrius nitidus based on the excellent photo and the covered trails up the tree trunk. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Maps ANBG
- Places Downer, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 2 Jul 2021 12:46 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Papyrius nitidus Scientific name
- Shining Coconut Ant Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 915 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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