Meat Ant at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 13 Dec 2017 | samreid007 | ||
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 13 Dec 2017 | ruthkerruish |
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Many such nests in the woodland. Not sure about their identity. Often Bull ant nests are close by.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.100105-35.339290
- Altitude 614.2m
- Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- > 10,001 Abundance
- 11 Dec 2017 12:00 AM Recorded on
- ruthkerruish Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) ruthkerruish
Additional information
- 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
- 582 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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