Hairy Coconut Ant at Molonglo Valley, ACT
Identification history
| Papyrius sp (undescribed) | 25 Feb 2022 | JonLewis | ||
| Unidentified | 25 Feb 2022 | trevorpreston |
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User's notes
Ants about 4mm on gum tree trunk.
1 comment
JonLewis
wrote:
25 Feb 2022
Hi tpreston, thanks for the sighting. You can just make out the hairs on the gaster in the close-up photos, which confirms it as the undescribed, hairy, species of coconut ant. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.009193-35.299908
- Maps Denman Prospect 2 Estate Deferred Area (Block 12) Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11)
- Places Molonglo Valley, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 25 Feb 2022 11:14 AM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) trevorpreston
Additional information
- Gum tree Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Papyrius sp (undescribed) Scientific name
- Hairy Coconut Ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 733.09m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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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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