Unidentified ant at Aranda, ACT
Identification history
| Formicidae (family) | 26 Oct 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Formicidae (family) | 26 Oct 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Camponotus sp. (genus) | 16 Oct 2020 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 16 Oct 2020 | Jubeyjubes |
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3 comments
JonLewis
wrote:
26 Oct 2020
Hi Jubeyjubes & Michael, this one is not all that obvious even at the genus level - a lot of queens look a bit the same, so I don't think it can be confidently identified (by me at least!). Cheers, Jon
Jubeyjubes
wrote:
26 Oct 2020
Thanks Jon! Should I even bother posting photos of the queens? I have another collected on the weekend that I have not uploaded yet...
JonLewis
wrote:
26 Oct 2020
Hi Jubeyjubes, it's a good question. Some queens are pretty common so we can identify to genus or even species fairly confidently, but others are harder due to being seen less often or just being smaller, making good images difficult. For all ants (and probably most insects) having a photo from the back, from the side and one of the front of the head is best - but this is not easy to do in the field, I know. So, always feel free to add a sighting, but the better the image (or images) the better chance of a good ID. Cheers, Jon
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.076894-35.259644
- Places Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 15 Oct 2020 11:50 AM Recorded on
- Jubeyjubes Recorded by
Species information
- Formicidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1327.5m Recorded at altitude
- 265 images trained Machine learning
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