Meat Ant at Queanbeyan West, NSW
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 27 Oct 2016 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 8 Oct 2016 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 25 Sep 2016 | Speedsta |
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User's notes
The sound of crackling is how I spotted these guys as they were ripping apart this dried up substance.
1 comment
KimPullen
wrote:
28 Oct 2016
The object they are ripping apart is the cast pupal skin of a large moth, most likely a swift moth.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.197634-35.362167
- Maps Queanbeyan Nature Reserve
- Places Queanbeyan West, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 17 Sep 2016 12:00 AM Recorded on
- Speedsta Recorded by
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Collections
Speedsta Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Iridomyrmex purpureus Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
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
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Iridomyrmex purpurea