Camponotus consobrinus

Banded sugar ant at Crooked Corner, NSW

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Identification history

	Camponotus consobrinus	21 Sep 2021	JonLewis
	Camponotus nigriceps	21 Sep 2021	Milly

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Feeding on nectar of Euphorbia blossom.

2 comments

JonLewis wrote:

21 Sep 2021

Hi Milly, thanks for the great photos. Your ID is nearly right, but it's actually Camponotus consobrinus, which is a very similar ant. In your excellent photos you can see a yellow part at the front end of the otherwise all black abdomen (what's called a "gaster" in ants). This tells us that it is Camponotus consobrinus, commonly called the Banded Sugar Ant because of this yellow section. Camponotus nigriceps doesn't have this yellow section on the abdomen. Cheers, Jon

Milly wrote:

22 Sep 2021

Hi Jon!
Thanks for that, information much appreciated. I'm learning all the time - so many little creatures all looking very similar! Thanks also for the compliment about my pics!
Kind regards,
Milly

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Location information

Coordinates 149.345559 -34.208876
Places Crooked Corner, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
18 Sep 2021 04:43 PM Recorded on
Milly Recorded by
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Milly Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects

Additional information

Euphorbia Associated plant
12mm to 25mm Animal size
Unknown Gender

Species information

Camponotus consobrinus Scientific name
Banded sugar ant Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1409.4m Recorded at altitude
397 images trained Machine learning
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