Formicidae (family)

1 Unidentified ant at Tharwa, ACT

Request use of media

Identify this sighting

Formicidae (family) JonLewis 27 Sep 2025
Unverified TimL 26 Sep 2025

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

The insect landed at the top of a tall Sundew and then worked its way down, with the inevitable consequence.

4 comments

   27 Sep 2025
@JonLewis Could the insect seen here be a male winged ant? Tim
   27 Sep 2025
@TimL yep, it’s a male ant. Or at least until it gets digested. Cheers, Jon
   27 Sep 2025
Thanks @JonLewis I'll change the identification to suit. Tim
   27 Sep 2025
Great photos

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Sighting information

  • 1 Abundance
  • 24 Sep 2025 12:24 PM Recorded on
  • TimL Recorded by
  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

Collections

Species 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
854,894 sightings of 23,815 species from 16,390 members
NatureMapr is developed by at3am | Made and hosted in Australia | privacy | CCA 3.0