Field furnace ant at Cook, ACT
Identification history
| Melophorus perthensis | 5 Oct 2019 | JonLewis | ||
| Melophorus perthensis | 5 Oct 2019 | JonLewis | ||
| Melophorus sp. (genus) | 5 Oct 2019 | JonLewis | ||
| Melophorus sp. (genus) | 5 Oct 2019 | JonLewis | ||
| Unidentified | 5 Oct 2019 | CathB |
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1 comment
JonLewis
wrote:
6 Oct 2019
Well done Cath - new genus and new species for CNM! Great photos made the ID to species possible as I already knew the ant was around the ACT and had done a formal ID in the lab. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.073336-35.266274
- Altitude 595.2m
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 4 Oct 2019 12:32 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Melophorus perthensis Scientific name
- Field furnace ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 516.9m to 798.5m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- 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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