1 Field furnace ant at Dunlop, ACT
Identification history
| Melophorus perthensis | 3 May 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Melophorus perthensis | 3 May 2020 | AlisonMilton |
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User's notes
The ants were two distinctly different sizes but were obviously working together.
2 comments
JonLewis
wrote:
3 May 2020
Nice photos and good ID Alison. This genus is polymorphic, having various sizes of workers from “minors” through to “majors”. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.039613-35.258025
- Altitude 685.4m
- Maps The Pinnacle
- Places Dunlop, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 27 Feb 2020 01:05 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) AlisonMilton 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
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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