Black-headed sugar ant at Conder, ACT
Identification history
| Camponotus nigriceps | 3 Apr 2017 | samreid007 | ||
| Camponotus nigriceps | 3 Apr 2017 | samreid007 | ||
| Camponotus consobrinus | 2 Apr 2017 | MichaelBedingfield |
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User's notes
In Rob Roy Reserve, in the hills to the east of Banks.
2 comments
samreid007
wrote:
3 Apr 2017
Nice shots! Camponotus consobrinus looks very similar to this species, but the part of its gaster closest to the petiole is orange, whereas with nigriceps the entire gaster is black.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.116253-35.476681
- Altitude 749.4m
- Maps Rob Roy Range
- Places Conder, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 28 Mar 2017 07:16 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Camponotus nigriceps Scientific name
- Black-headed sugar ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 963.3m Recorded at altitude
- 70 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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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