Slow Ant at Downer, ACT
Identification history
| Amblyopone australis | 20 Sep 2021 | JonLewis | ||
| Amblyopone sp. (genus) | 5 Aug 2021 | JonLewis | ||
| Unidentified | 5 Aug 2021 | TimL |
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User's notes
Missing part of a leg and moving very slowly in the cold and rain, adjacent to ANBG's Red Centre.
1 comment
JonLewis
wrote:
5 Aug 2021
Thanks Tim - there's been a few records of this ant recently. Maybe all the wet weather is driving them out from soggy nests. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108153-35.274257
- Altitude 613.4m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Downer, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 1 Aug 2021 11:52 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Amblyopone australis Scientific name
- Slow Ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 739m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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