Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Molonglo Valley, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.081300-35.285000
• Altitude 527.0m
• Maps National Arboretum Forests
• Places Molonglo Valley, ACT

Sighting information

• 16 - 100 Abundance
• 1 Oct 2017 02:46 PM Recorded on
• JanetRussell Recorded by

• Collections

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

Additional information

• 12mm to 25mm 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
• 623 images trained Machine learning
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