A spiny ant at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Polyrhachis sp. (genus) | 21 Feb 2022 | JonLewis | ||
| Unidentified | 20 Feb 2022 | AlisonMilton |
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3 comments
JonLewis
wrote:
21 Feb 2022
Hi Alison, this is probably Polyrhachis phryne, but can't be sure. Cheers, Jon
AlisonMilton
wrote:
22 Feb 2022
Thanks. I'll see if I can find it again. I was busy photographing my praying mantis hatchlings so wasn't concentrating on the ant.
JonLewis
wrote:
23 Feb 2022
I can understand the praying mantis hatchlings would have been distracting!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.029683-35.238352
- Altitude 717.5m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 20 Feb 2022 09:10 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Polyrhachis sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A spiny ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1367.61m Recorded at altitude
- 144 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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