Banded sugar ant at Tuggeranong DC, ACT
Identification history
| Camponotus consobrinus | 1 Jul 2019 | JonLewis | ||
| Camponotus nigriceps | 30 Jun 2019 | MichaelBedingfield |
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Near the Murrumbidgee River upstream of Point Hut Crossing.
1 comment
JonLewis
wrote:
2 Jul 2019
Hi Michael, C. nigriceps and C. consobrinus are very similar overall, but the orangy band on the front end of the abdomen (gaster) is pretty much diagnostic around this region. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.062882-35.451564
- Altitude 573.0m
- Maps Point Hut to Tharwa
- Places Tuggeranong DC, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 3 Apr 2019 07:52 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
Additional information
- Eucalyptus viminalis Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Camponotus consobrinus Scientific name
- Banded sugar ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1409.4m Recorded at altitude
- 330 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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