Meat Ant at Reid, ACT
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 30 Oct 2017 | samreid007 | ||
| Unidentified | 29 Oct 2017 | JanetRussell |
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4 comments
samreid007
wrote:
31 Oct 2017
It is a queen meat ant. They have been performing their nuptial flights after the recent rain.
JanetRussell
wrote:
31 Oct 2017
They were both on our balcony 9 floors up. I am wondering now. I did think they looked different...
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.139058-35.287725
- Altitude 601.0m
- Places Reid, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 28 Oct 2017 12:53 PM Recorded on
- JanetRussell Recorded by
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Iridomyrmex purpureus Scientific name
- Meat Ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 963.87m Recorded at altitude
- 484 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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