Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Mongarlowe, NSW

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Identification history

	Iridomyrmex purpureus	3 Jun 2019	JonLewis
	Camponotus sp. (genus)	2 Jun 2019	LisaH

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I'm guessing this is a sugar ant? I found this an interesting site, as the track in the second photo is made by the ants for the ants, and has been there for years.

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JonLewis wrote:

3 Jun 2019

Hi Lisa, this is a meat ant, Iridomyrmex purpureus. It Is pretty big, like a sugar ant, but you can see in the third photo the red and purple colours on it. Meat ants are very good at building highways to help them travel quickly between nests or to go out foraging for food. Cheers, Jon

LisaH wrote:

3 Jun 2019

Thank you so much!

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Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
2 Jun 2019 05:28 PM Recorded on
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LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects

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
702 images trained Machine learning
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