Camponotus ephippium
Jumbuck Sugar Ant at Jerrabomberra, NSW
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| Camponotus ephippium | JonLewis | 13 Jan 2025 | |
| Camponotus ephippium | SimonDunstan | 13 Jan 2025 | |
| Camponotus sponsorum | SimonDunstan | 13 Jan 2025 | |
| Unverified | SteveBorkowskis | 1 Apr 2022 |
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Actively running around on the ground, rarely pausing. Approx 15mm long.
2 comments
25 Apr 2022
Hi Steve, sorry for the slow response. I've been puzzling over this ant and concluded that I don't know what species it is. It could be Camponotus ephippium, which has been collected occasionally around the ACT & more broadly in a large area of Australia, but I have never seen it. So it is possibly a new species record for CNM but I can't be sure enough to call the species. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.204117-35.377389
- Altitude 665.1m
- Maps Mount Jerrabomberra
- Places Jerrabomberra, NSW
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 1 Apr 2022 12:05 PM Recorded on
- SteveBorkowskis Recorded by
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- SteveBorkowskis NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects Camponotus ephippium
Species information
- Camponotus ephippium Scientific name
- Jumbuck Sugar Ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 604.94m to 665.09m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
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5 / 7
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