Polyrhachis ammon

3 Golden-spined Ant, Golden Ant at Coree, ACT

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Identification history

	Polyrhachis ammon	3 Oct 2021	JonLewis
	Polyrhachis ammon	3 Oct 2021	RobG1

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One of them was carrying a dead insect or spider, I can't really make it out.

3 comments

CathB wrote:

3 Oct 2021

It's quite possibly another ant. See sightings 4206928 and 4247203 for similar behaviour.

RobG1 wrote:

3 Oct 2021

I think your right Cath, looking at photo 2, I can now see the head and the band down the back of the second ant, thanks for that Cath

RobG1 wrote:

3 Oct 2021

By the way, I also videoed the first ant carrying the insect. Freeze framing the video, I can clearly see that it is carrying another golden spined ant.

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Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
3 Oct 2021 12:14 PM Recorded on
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) RobG1

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5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Polyrhachis ammon Scientific name
Golden-spined Ant, Golden Ant Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 994.83m Recorded at altitude
145 images trained Machine learning
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