Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Wamboin, NSW

Iridomyrmex purpureus at Wamboin, NSW - 27 Apr 2018 02:45 PM

Iridomyrmex purpureus at Wamboin, NSW - 27 Apr 2018 02:45 PM

Iridomyrmex purpureus at Wamboin, NSW - 27 Apr 2018 02:45 PM

Iridomyrmex purpureus at Wamboin, NSW - 27 Apr 2018 02:45 PM

Iridomyrmex purpureus at Wamboin, NSW - 27 Apr 2018 02:45 PM

Iridomyrmex purpureus at Wamboin, NSW - 27 Apr 2018 02:45 PM

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Identification history

	Iridomyrmex purpureus	18 Jul 2018	KimPullen
	Iridomyrmex purpureus	13 Jul 2018	natureguy

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4 comments

natureguy wrote:

13 Jul 2018

Eating a stink bug.

natureguy wrote:

19 Jul 2018

Thanks Kim, if you could please try to ID the bug as well that would be great.

KimPullen wrote:

27 Jul 2018

I can't be sure because it's upside-down and a bit far away, but it looks like a stink bug of the genus Ocirrhoe.

natureguy wrote:

27 Jul 2018

Thanks

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Location information

Coordinates 149.274016 -35.262592
Places Wamboin, NSW

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
27 Apr 2018 02:45 PM Recorded on
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) natureguy Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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
641 images trained Machine learning
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