Iridomyrmex purpureus
Meat Ant at Hughes, ACT
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| Iridomyrmex purpureus | JonLewis | 1 Dec 2019 | |
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | JonSteinbeck | 30 Nov 2019 |
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This Meat Ant appeared to be taking a dead Sugar Ant back to the colony.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.100198-35.327307
- Altitude 625.4m
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 24 Nov 2019 07:36 AM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
- Sugar Ant Associated animal
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Iridomyrmex purpureus Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
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
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Synonyms
Iridomyrmex purpurea
Record quality
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