Spider ant at Bournda, NSW
Identification history
| Unidentified | 23 Dec 2020 | KylieWaldon |
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User's notes
I'm not sure if this is an ant or something else. it had a red head, black / white striping in the middle and black rear end.
2 comments
JackieMiles
wrote:
23 Dec 2020
I think the white striping is just light reflecting off their shiny exoskeleton. Couldn't find any white stripes on any or our photos of this species, but the red head and long legs are very distinctive.
KylieWaldon
wrote:
24 Dec 2020
Thanks Jackie. It could be. There was a torrent of rain the night before and everything was wet. Still a first for me.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.908139-36.846575
- Places Bournda, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 22 Dec 2020 10:00 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) KylieWaldon South Coast NatureMapr
Species information
- Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus Scientific name
- Spider ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1452.59m Recorded at altitude
- 73 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
