Greenhead ant at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Rhytidoponera aspera | 10 Jan 2023 | JonLewis | ||
| Polyrhachis hookeri | 9 Jan 2023 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Unidentified | 8 Jan 2023 | ConBoekel |
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User's notes
Definitely feeding activity going on but on what? I believe that several other individuals were present on several other H. viscosa flowerheads.
3 comments
JonLewis
wrote:
10 Jan 2023
They apparently like these flowers Con - one of your previous sightings was on the same sort of daisy (4457205). I suppose they are collecting nectar. Cheers, Jon
ConBoekel
wrote:
10 Jan 2023
Yes, Jon. Helichrysum viscosa. I checked the behaviours for the pollination study. They seemed to be moving about the petals(?) rather than in amongst the pollen bearing parts of the flower. I also checked for pollen grains and none seemed to be adhering. When I checked the earlier records few, if any, were on flowers. The jaw looks more like they might be hunting for creatures attracted to the flowers. I really don't know.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.111567-35.262108
- Altitude 621.5m
- Maps Dryandra St Woodland
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 Jan 2023 02:41 PM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) ConBoekel
Additional information
- Helichrysum viscosa Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Other activity Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Rhytidoponera aspera Scientific name
- Greenhead ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 813.58m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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