Camponotus claripes
Pale-legged sugar ant at Jerrabomberra, NSW
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| Camponotus claripes | JonLewis | 10 Oct 2021 | |
| Unverified | SteveBorkowskis | 10 Oct 2021 |
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User's notes
Accidentally disturbed nest while kneeling to take photos of another species, noticed about 20 individuals about 10mm, and one ant was considerably larger around 15mm with darker head and thorax
1 comment
10 Oct 2021
Hi Steve, thanks for all the sightings - you have had a busy time! Regarding your observation about small and big ants in this nest, some genera of ants are polymorphic, which is to say they can have different shape and sized ant in the same species. Camponotus ants almost always have a small "minor" class who do most of the work but also have a much smaller number of "major" ants which are much larger and have big heads. The major ants do guard duty as well as heavy work. Their heads are much bigger as they have big muscles to power their big jaws. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.205156-35.375072
- Altitude 672.5m
- Maps Mount Jerrabomberra Mount Jerrabomberra QP
- Places Jerrabomberra, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 10 Oct 2021 12:26 PM Recorded on
- SteveBorkowskis Recorded by
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- SteveBorkowskis Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Camponotus claripes Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
Species information
- Camponotus claripes Scientific name
- Pale-legged sugar ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 807.14m Recorded at altitude
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