Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Rendezvous Creek, ACT

Iridomyrmex purpureus at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 15 Oct 2018 10:23 AM
Request use of media

Identification history

Iridomyrmex purpureus 22 Oct 2018 JonLewis
Unverified 21 Oct 2018 KMcCue

Identify this sighting


Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

The ants were feeding on sugars exuded from the nymphs (?) they were protecting

2 comments

JonLewis wrote:
   23 Oct 2018
The other insect looks like a leafhopper, Eurymela distincta.
KMcCue wrote:
   23 Oct 2018
Many thanks - the ants were very busy, the leaf hoppers tried valiantly to keep out of our sight behind the branch.

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Sighting information

Species information

  • 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
  • External link More information
829,140 sightings of 22,803 species from 14,334 members
CCA 3.0 | privacy
NatureMapr is developed by at3am IT Pty Ltd and is proudly Australian made