Papyrius nitidus

Shining Coconut Ant at Red Hill, ACT

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Location information

• Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
• Places Red Hill, ACT

Sighting information

• 101 - 1,000 Abundance
• Ratcliffe Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Ratcliffe Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• The ants were located in a dead tree stump and an adjacent fallen tree Associated plant
• Less than 5mm Animal size

Species information

• Papyrius nitidus Scientific name
• Shining Coconut Ant Common name
• Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• 915 images trained Machine learning
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