Polyrhachis sp. (genus)
A spiny ant at Rocky Hill War Memorial Park and Bush Reserve, Goulburn
Identify this sighting
| Polyrhachis sp. (genus) | JonLewis | 29 May 2024 | |
| Unverified | trevorpreston | 29 May 2024 |
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
Under a piece of concrete and surrounded by termites.
1 comment
29 May 2024
Hi Trevor, this is a queen (after losing her wings), probably trying to start a new colony - with no help from the termites. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.736131-34.758045
- Altitude 732.0m
- Maps Rocky Hill War Memorial Park and Bush Reserve, Goulburn Goulburn Mulwaree Council
- Places Goulburn, NSW
Sighting information
- 6 Abundance
- 29 May 2024 02:21 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Polyrhachis sp. (genus) Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
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
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species