Meat Ant at Symonston, ACT
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 9 Dec 2018 | JonLewis | ||
| Unidentified | 7 Dec 2018 | Christine |
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User's notes
Larger than coconut ants, these ants were tending another insect (see also sighting #3877433).
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.135605-35.349254
- Maps Mount Mugga Mugga
- Places Symonston, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 7 Dec 2018 10:00 AM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
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Collections
Illilanga flagged sightings Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
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
- 623 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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