2 Banded sugar ant at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Camponotus consobrinus | 10 Oct 2022 | JonLewis | ||
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 7 Oct 2022 | TimL |
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User's notes
The sequence of images shows a lone meat ant futilely trying to clear water drops from its body, legs and antennae during recent pouring rain. Sighted on a retaining wall at ANBG's Red Centre.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.107868-35.274378
- Altitude 609.5m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 Oct 2022 10:56 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Camponotus consobrinus Scientific name
- Banded sugar ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1409.4m Recorded at altitude
- 376 images trained Machine learning
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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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