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Camponotus sp. (genus)

A sugar ant at Paddys River, ACT

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Identification history

	Camponotus sp. (genus)	12 Oct 2018	JonLewis
	Unverified	20 Sep 2018	SWishart

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I'm not sure about the size of the ant but it was neither tiny (like a black house ant) nor enormous (like a bull ant)

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JonLewis wrote:

12 Oct 2018

Possibly Camponotus loweyi or Camponotus claripes group, but can't quite tell.
Jon

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Location information

Coordinates 148.891163 -35.487672
Altitude 870.9m
Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
Places Paddys River, ACT

Sighting information

1,001 - 10,000 Abundance
5 Sep 2018 12:44 PM Recorded on
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) SWishart Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Camponotus sp. (genus) Scientific name
A sugar ant Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1650.1m Recorded at altitude
228 images trained Machine learning
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