Camponotus suffusus

Golden-tailed sugar ant at Cook, ACT

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Identification history

	Camponotus suffusus	17 Dec 2021	JonLewis
	Camponotus aeneopilosus	16 Dec 2021	CathB

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JonLewis wrote:

17 Dec 2021

Hi Cath, this is the other golden tailed sugar ant, Camponotus suffusus. You can see some of the ants in your photos have reddish heads, common for some Camponotus suffusus, but Camponotus aeneopilosus always has a black head. Cheers, Jon

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Location information

Coordinates 149.071618 -35.266065
Maps Mount Painter
Places Cook, ACT

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
11 Dec 2021 10:07 AM Recorded on
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CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Camponotus suffusus Scientific name
Golden-tailed sugar ant Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 899.01m Recorded at altitude
243 images trained Machine learning
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