Unidentified ant at Molonglo Valley, ACT
Identification history
| Formicidae (family) | 30 Sep 2022 | JonLewis | ||
| Melophorus sp. (genus) | 27 Sep 2022 | JimL |
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User's notes
A lot of activity at the top of this nest in Kama. Sorry, should have taken a closer image, but zoomed in is pretty good pixels still. Suspect Melophorus sp. after having a review of Ants in CNM - thanks to better photos!
1 comment
JonLewis
wrote:
30 Sep 2022
Hi Jim, from the photo and the look of the nest, I'd guess that the ant is Iridomyrmex purpureus, but there's not enough detail in the photo to be sure. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.024162-35.265178
- Altitude 587.7m
- Maps Kama Molonglo River Reserve
- Places Molonglo Valley, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 3 Oct 2021 03:09 PM Recorded on
- JimL Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Formicidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1327.5m Recorded at altitude
- 346 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
- Description
- Additional attributes
