Banded sugar ant at Hackett, ACT
Identification history
| Camponotus consobrinus | 16 Mar 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Camponotus nigriceps | 14 Mar 2020 | AlisonMilton |
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2 comments
JonLewis
wrote:
16 Mar 2020
Hi Alison, Camponotus nigriceps is very similar to Camponotus consobrinus, but C. consobrinus has a band of yellow/orange at the front of the otherwise black gaster (abdomen) which you can see well in your excellent photos. C. nigriceps has an all-black gaster. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.105605-35.272910
- Altitude 655.4m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 13 Mar 2020 10:32 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 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
- 350 images trained 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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