Shining Coconut Ant at Paddys River, ACT
Identification history
| Papyrius nitidus | 10 Apr 2018 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Papyrius nitidus | 9 Apr 2018 | MichaelBedingfield |
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User's notes
I did the crush test and the ant smelt of coconut.......... on the western side of the Murrumbidgee River, north of Tharwa.
1 comment
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
4 Sep 2018
I've added a photo of a nearby stump which appears to be part of the same colony, being about 15 metres from the tree.
Location information
- Maps Point Hut to Tharwa
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 25 Mar 2018 07:44 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
Additional information
- Eucalyptus viminalis Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Papyrius nitidus Scientific name
- Shining Coconut Ant Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- 911 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- 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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