Shining Coconut Ant at Coree, ACT
Identification history
| Papyrius nitidus | 20 Jan 2023 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Unidentified | 20 Jan 2023 | Jimmyjamjimbles |
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User's notes
Ants around 5-6mm redish head and thorax, darker abdomen. Collecting plant debris and climbing up and placing onto top of a fence post and an adjacent tree stump. Looks similar to Argentine Ant. On walk from shepards lookout to gruners view.
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Location information
- Maps Woodstock Nature Reserve
- Places Coree, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 19 Jan 2023 06:07 PM Recorded on
- Jimmyjamjimbles Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Jimmyjamjimbles Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Other activity Insect behaviour on flower
Species information
- Papyrius nitidus Scientific name
- Shining Coconut Ant Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 915 images trained Machine learning
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