Insects
Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
Sighting 3876088

Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Chifley, ACT

Iridomyrmex purpureus at Chifley, ACT - 2 Dec 2018 09:46 AM
Iridomyrmex purpureus at Chifley, ACT - 2 Dec 2018 09:46 AM
Iridomyrmex purpureus at Chifley, ACT - 2 Dec 2018 09:46 AM
Iridomyrmex purpureus at Chifley, ACT - 2 Dec 2018 09:46 AM
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Identification history

Iridomyrmex purpureus 3 Dec 2018 JonLewis
Unverified 2 Dec 2018 Christine

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User's notes

Found when looking for evidence of Hairstreak breeding, but these ants were much larger than the ones we were looking for. Not sure what they are tending.

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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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