Meat Ant at Hackett, ACT
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 26 Feb 2019 | JonLewis | ||
| Unverified | 21 Feb 2019 | TimL |
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User's notes
Unsure what this ant was doing. It spent some time where a leaf had been damaged and appeared to be using its jaws on the damaged area.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.107481-35.274725
- Maps ANBG
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 20 Feb 2019 12:14 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Iridomyrmex purpureus Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
Additional information
- Corymbia aparrerinja c788348.15 Feb 2013 DCS. ANBG Section 326 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
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Synonyms
Iridomyrmex purpurea
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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