Meat Ant at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 8 Oct 2019 | JonLewis | ||
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 6 Oct 2019 | TimL |
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The sighting of the ants with their honey bee prey was on the vertical surface of a retaining wall. The first three images are turned 90 degrees clockwise to help view the details.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.109002-35.279437
- Altitude 590.0m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 3 Oct 2019 12:14 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Iridomyrmex purpureus Scientific name
- Meat Ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 963.87m Recorded at altitude
- 481 images trained Machine learning
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