Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Wamboin, NSW

Iridomyrmex purpureus at Wamboin, NSW - 27 Apr 2018
Iridomyrmex purpureus at Wamboin, NSW - 27 Apr 2018
Iridomyrmex purpureus at Wamboin, NSW - 27 Apr 2018
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Identification history

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

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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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  • 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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