Polyrhachis ammon

Golden-spined Ant, Golden Ant at Bald Hills, NSW

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25 Feb 2019

JulesPhotographer

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It was late in the day and these little fellas were really quick, will try to capture again under better conditions. Approx 1.5cm long, very active late afternoon, sunny conditions, tended to jump away if it felt threatened.

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JulesPhotographer wrote:

26 Feb 2019

Thanks Jackie! It was such an interesting little critter, took me ages to get a half decent shot of it haha I've loved ants since I was a little tacker, used to watch their ant-ics for ages, day dreaming about what they might be doing or thinking ;-) I have some great footage of various ants, but am on my L plates with Adobe Premiere, hopeful to add some active ants some time in the near future!

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Location information

Coordinates 149.841492 -36.917126
Places Bald Hills, NSW

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
24 Feb 2019 08:28 AM Recorded on
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) JulesPhotographer South Coast NatureMapr

Species information

Polyrhachis ammon Scientific name
Golden-spined Ant, Golden Ant Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 994.83m Recorded at altitude
172 images trained Machine learning
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