Meat Ant at Michelago, NSW
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 12 Oct 2024 | SimonDunstan | ||
| Iridomyrmex sp. (genus) | 20 Jun 2019 | JonLewis | ||
| Unidentified | 20 Jun 2019 | Illilanga |
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1 comment
JonLewis
wrote:
21 Jun 2019
Looks like a mated queen who has landed and dropped her wings, now looking for somewhere to dig her nest - though the spot she's chosen doesn't look too promising. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.154658-35.779077
- Altitude 787.3m
- Maps Illilanga & Baroona
- Places Michelago, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 Dec 2018 03:27 PM Recorded on
- Illilanga Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Illilanga Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm 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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