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18 native species of ants local to the area have been found on the Pinnacle Nature Reserve.
All photos were taken on the Reserve by Alison Milton
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click images to enlarge tap images to enlarge | Scientific name [Common name] |
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![]() Camponotus suffusus [Golden-tailed sugar ant] |
Amblyopone sp. (genus) [A Slow ant] |
Anonychomyrma sp. [A Black Cocktail ant] | |
Camponotus aeneopilosus [A Golden-tailed sugar ant] | |
Camponotus consobrinus [Banded sugar ant] | |
Camponotus nigriceps [Black-headed sugar ant] | |
Camponotus nigroaeneus [Sugar ant] | |
Camponotus suffusus [A Golden-tailed sugar ant] | |
Camponotus sp. (genus) [Unidentified species of sugar ant] | |
Iridomyrmex purpureus [Meat ant] | |
![]() Papyrius sp. (undescribed) [Hairy Coconut ants] |
Iridomyrmex-rufoniger [Tufted tyrant ant] |
Iridomyrmex sp. [Unidentified Iridomyrmex sp.] | |
Melophorus perthensis [Field-furnace ant] | |
Myrmecia sp. pilosula-group [Bull ant or Jack jumper] | |
Myrmecia sp. [A Jack jumper] | |
Notoncus sp. [A Notoncus ant] | |
Papyrius nitidus [Shining coconut ant] | |
Papyrius sp. (undescribed) [Hairy coconut ant] | |
Papyrius sp. [A coconut ant] | |
![Camponotus nigriceps [Black-headed sugar ant] photo: Alison Milton Black-headed sugar ant](photos/ants/Camponotus-nigriceps_Black-headed-sugar-ant_apm_4252273.jpg)
Camponotus nigriceps [Black-headed sugar ant]
![Iridomyrmex purpureus [Meat ant] photo: Alison Milton Meat ant](photos/ants/Iridomyrmex-purpureus_Meat-ant_apm_4254301.jpg)
Iridomyrmex purpureus [Meat ant]
![Myrmecia sp. pilosula group [Jack jumper] photo: Alison Milton Jack jumper](photos/ants/Myrmecia-sp-pilosula-group_Jack-jumper_apm_4410896.jpg)
Myrmecia sp. pilosula group [Jack jumper]
![Papyrius nitidus [Shining coconut ant] photo: Alison Milton Shining coconut ant](photos/ants/Papyrius-nitidus_Shining-coconut-ant_apm_4252286-1.jpg)
Papyrius nitidus [Shining coconut ant]
For more photos from the Pinnacle and elsewhere in the ACT, follow this link to NatureMapr