Jerrabomberra, NSW
Identification history
| Camponotus sponsorum | 9 Oct 2021 | JonLewis | ||
| Unidentified | 9 Oct 2021 | SteveBorkowskis |
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User's notes
Approx 5mm long, very fast moving, appeared to be stopping to chew at bark. Overall silver sheen, orange/brown thorax.
3 comments
JonLewis
wrote:
9 Oct 2021
Hi Steve, by amazing coincidence the first record for Camponotus sponsorum only turned up on CNM yesterday! It's not a very common ant so good to have more records. It looks from the map location that the site is in the suburbs - is that right? Cheers, Jon
SteveBorkowskis
wrote:
9 Oct 2021
Hi Jon, thanks for the ID, yes in the suburbs, they are on the Eucalypt planted on my nature strip. Cheers Steve
Location information
- Places Jerrabomberra, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- SteveBorkowskis Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) SteveBorkowskis Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Camponotus sponsorum Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 639.17m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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
- Description
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