1 Meat Ant at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 21 Sep 2019 | JonLewis | ||
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 20 Sep 2019 | JackyF |
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User's notes
Meat ants nesting in an old termite nest in which something had dug a large hole.
3 comments
JonLewis
wrote:
21 Sep 2019
Hi Jacky, a big hole dug in a nest of meat ants is pretty likely to be an echidna. They very often dig up the nests during winter as the ants bring the eggs and young close to the surface to get some warmth from the sun. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.102501-35.328254
- Maps Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 20 Sep 2019 05:33 PM Recorded on
- JackyF Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) JackyF 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
- 630 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- 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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