Meat Ant at Aranda, ACT
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 23 Mar 2019 | JonLewis | ||
| Unidentified | 22 Mar 2019 | KMcCue |
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User's notes
Interesting anthill - a middle eastern variety?
2 comments
JonLewis
wrote:
24 Mar 2019
It's certainly the normal meat ant Iridomyrmex purpureus, but it's a very unusual nest.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.080428-35.260518
- Places Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 16 Mar 2019 08:55 AM Recorded on
- KMcCue Recorded by
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Iridomyrmex purpureus Scientific name
- Meat Ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 963.87m Recorded at altitude
- 481 images trained Machine learning
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