A sugar ant at Black Range, NSW
Identification history
| Unidentified | 20 Nov 2019 | KMcCue |
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User's notes
The background is a termite mound, what gives?
3 comments
KerriLee
wrote:
21 Nov 2019
It's not uncommon for ants to live in termite mounds - particularly Camponotus species. They often prey on termites, but they can also take advantage of the mound and the associated rotting wood as a nest site. Camponotus are 'carpenter ants' ... that is, they can dig into softened or rotting timber, hollowing out galleries for a nest.
KMcCue
wrote:
21 Nov 2019
Interesting, thank you. How many species of termite might you find in the Black Range region?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.849239-36.729323
- Places Black Range, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 16 Nov 2019 05:19 PM Recorded on
- KMcCue Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) KMcCue
Species information
- Camponotus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A sugar ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1650.1m Recorded at altitude
- 177 images trained Machine learning
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