Golden-tailed sugar ant at Majura, ACT
Identification history
| Camponotus suffusus | 29 Mar 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Camponotus aeneopilosus | 27 Mar 2020 | jb2602 |
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JonLewis
wrote:
29 Mar 2020
Hi again JBromilow50, another pair of ants that look pretty similar. The general shape and level of fuzziness on this ant makes it C. suffusus. You can also just see in the photo that the head is darker than the body (black vs very dark red), while C. aeneopilosus is a pretty uniformly black ant in head and body.
Your ant also looks like it is a major (i.e. one of the very big soldiers/heavy workers) with large robust body and big head. Most of the photos of this species on CNM are of ordinary workers, which are more lightly built. Cheers, Jon
Your ant also looks like it is a major (i.e. one of the very big soldiers/heavy workers) with large robust body and big head. Most of the photos of this species on CNM are of ordinary workers, which are more lightly built. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.179470-35.272773
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Majura, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 26 Mar 2020 12:42 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Camponotus suffusus Scientific name
- Golden-tailed sugar ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 899.01m Recorded at altitude
- 219 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- 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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