Iridomyrmex purpureus
Meat Ant at Fyshwick, ACT
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| Iridomyrmex purpureus | MichaelMulvaney | 11 Jun 2018 | |
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | RodDeb | 10 Jun 2018 |
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Lots of Meat Ants were all over the Wattle Tick Scale on a number of branches of a small Wattle Tree.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.158247-35.315108
- Altitude 568.0m
- Maps Jerrabomberra Wetlands
- Places Fyshwick, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 10 Jun 2018 12:17 PM Recorded on
- RodDeb Recorded by
- Wattle Tick Scale on Wattle Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- RodDeb 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
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Synonyms
Iridomyrmex purpurea
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