Camponotus aeneopilosus

A Golden-tailed sugar ant at Copmanhurst, NSW

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Identification history

	Camponotus aeneopilosus	26 Apr 2025	JonLewis
	Unverified	26 Apr 2025	MazzV

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Non-aggressive (at least to humans!), moderately-large, black ants, bearing distinctive iridescent yellow abdomens with varying sizes of black lateral stripes. They have fairly straight antennae. The ants in these pictures were nesting in a hollow log which had just been disturbed. Photo 5 is for context. This may be a different Sp to the similar-looking ant at sighting 4664557.

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Location information

Places Copmanhurst, NSW

Sighting information

40 Abundance
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MazzV NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects

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5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Camponotus aeneopilosus Scientific name
A Golden-tailed sugar ant Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 945m Recorded at altitude
490 images trained Machine learning
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