Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Paddys River, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.076172-35.449489
• Altitude 591.9m
• Maps Pine Island to Point Hut
• Places Paddys River, ACT

Sighting information

• 101 - 1,000 Abundance
• 10 Dec 2016 05:47 PM Recorded on
• MichaelBedingfield Recorded by

• Collections

  MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects

Additional information

• Sorghum leiocladum Associated plant
• 5mm to 12mm Animal size

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
• 702 images trained Machine learning
• External link More information

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