Unidentified ant at Greenleigh, NSW
Identification history
| Formicidae (family) | 9 Jan 2026 | JonLewis | ||
| Formicidae (family) | 8 Jan 2026 | GregD | ||
| Unverified | 8 Jan 2026 | LyndalT |
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User's notes
I can only see two wings
2 comments
JonLewis
wrote:
9 Jan 2026
This is a male ant, only seen if the ant colonies swarm when the weather is right.
LyndalT
wrote:
9 Jan 2026
An ant! It wasn't behaving at all like an ant. I thought it was a wasp, but I settled on a fly ID because of the two wings. Wadda ya know!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.250888-35.364740
- Altitude 671.5m
- Places Greenleigh, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 7 Jan 2026 10:49 PM Recorded on
- LyndalT Recorded by
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Collections
LyndalT NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Latest Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects Formicidae (family) Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Formicidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1373m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Formicidae sp.
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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