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Notoncus gilberti

Smooth Epaulet Ant at Acton, ACT

Notoncus gilberti at Acton, ACT - 7 Aug 2019
Notoncus gilberti at Acton, ACT - 7 Aug 2019
Notoncus gilberti at Acton, ACT - 7 Aug 2019
Notoncus gilberti at Acton, ACT - 7 Aug 2019
Notoncus gilberti at Acton, ACT - 7 Aug 2019
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Notoncus gilberti 11 Aug 2019 JonLewis
Notoncus gilberti 11 Aug 2019 TimL

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Approximately 20 of these ants were sighted on the tree but there was no obvious trail of ants back to a nest.

3 comments

JonLewis wrote:
   12 Aug 2019
There must have been something interesting on that tree! Cheers, Jon
TimL wrote:
   12 Aug 2019
Hi Jon. I think the ants were attracted to sap leaking from the tree bark. At the top of the second image there is a dark patch on the bark which had sap leaking from it, and in the final image the bark around the ants is clearly wet. These are just a few images taken from a larger sequence of images. Other images in the sequence show the ants attending to the dark patches and wet patches of bark.
Tim
JonLewis wrote:
   12 Aug 2019
Thanks Tim, interesting. Jon

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  • 16 - 100 Abundance
  • 7 Aug 2019 01:18 PM Recorded on
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  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

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