Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Fyshwick, ACT

Iridomyrmex purpureus at Fyshwick, ACT - 10 Jun 2018
Iridomyrmex purpureus at Fyshwick, ACT - 10 Jun 2018
Iridomyrmex purpureus at Fyshwick, ACT - 10 Jun 2018
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Identification history

Iridomyrmex purpureus 11 Jun 2018 MichaelMulvaney
Iridomyrmex purpureus 10 Jun 2018 RodDeb

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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. The Wattle Tick Scale has been listed separately.

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • Wattle Tick Scale on Wattle 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
  • 589 images trained Machine learning
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