Seed-harvesting ant at Bungonia, NSW
Identification history
| Pheidole sp. (genus) | 2 Mar 2025 | JonLewis | ||
| Unverified | 2 Mar 2025 | trevorpreston |
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User's notes
Small ants swarming over a small caterpillar. A large one was present that looked like a seed harvesting ant, but this may have been a completely different species.
1 comment
JonLewis
wrote:
2 Mar 2025
Hi Trevor, you are right, these are all Pheidole - it is a polymorphic genus, with small ants (minors) and big ants (majors). Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 150.007712-34.799040
- Altitude 593.0m
- Maps Goulburn Mulwaree Council Bungonia National Park
- Places Bungonia, NSW
Sighting information
- 20 Abundance
- 2 Mar 2025 01:34 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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trevorpreston NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Pheidole sp. (genus) Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Pheidole sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Seed-harvesting ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1141.89m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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