Iridomyrmex purpureus

1 Meat Ant at Hackett, ACT

Iridomyrmex purpureus at Hackett, ACT - 27 Sep 2018 01:05 PM
Iridomyrmex purpureus at Hackett, ACT - 27 Sep 2018 01:05 PM
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Identification history

Iridomyrmex purpureus 30 Sep 2018 JonLewis
Iridomyrmex purpureus 30 Sep 2018 TimL

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The meat ants were attending to Wattle Tick Scale Crypyes baccatu attached to a small branch.

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JonLewis wrote:
   1 Oct 2018
Nice photo, Tim.

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  • Iridomyrmex purpureus Scientific name
  • Meat Ant Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 963.87m Recorded at altitude
  • 698 images trained Machine learning
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