Iridomyrmex rufoniger

Tufted Tyrant Ant at Hackett, ACT

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Identification history

	Iridomyrmex rufoniger	16 Mar 2019	JonLewis
	Unverified	16 Mar 2019	TimL

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JonLewis wrote:

17 Mar 2019

Well spotted Tim - there often seems to be territorial disputes between Iridomyrmex rufoniger (the smaller of the ants in the pictures) and Iridomyrmex purpureus (the large Meat Ant being pinned down). The Meat ants are big and can easily snip the smaller ants in two, but the weight of numbers and the rapidity with which the Iridomyrmex rufoniger can call up reinforcements often makes the them the winner in the end, though usually at great cost - the battle ground is often strewn with pieces of ant afterwards. It's a tough life for an ant! Cheers, Jon

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Location information

Coordinates 149.107547 -35.274672
Maps ANBG
Places Hackett, ACT

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
8 Mar 2019 12:54 PM Recorded on
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TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Iridomyrmex rufoniger Scientific name
Tufted Tyrant Ant Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 839.43m Recorded at altitude
204 images trained Machine learning
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