Tufted Tyrant Ant at Hackett, ACT
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex rufoniger | 16 Mar 2019 | JonLewis | ||
| Unidentified | 16 Mar 2019 | TimL |
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JonLewis
wrote:
17 Mar 2019
Well spotted Tim - there often seems to be territorial disputes between Iridomyrmex rufoniger (the smaller of the ants in the pictures) and Iridomyrmex purpureus (the large Meat Ant being pinned down). The Meat ants are big and can easily snip the smaller ants in two, but the weight of numbers and the rapidity with which the Iridomyrmex rufoniger can call up reinforcements often makes the them the winner in the end, though usually at great cost - the battle ground is often strewn with pieces of ant afterwards. It's a tough life for an ant! Cheers, Jon
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.107547-35.274672
- Maps ANBG
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 8 Mar 2019 12:54 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Iridomyrmex rufoniger Scientific name
- Tufted Tyrant Ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 763.4m Recorded at altitude
- 100 images trained Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
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