Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Aranda, ACT

Iridomyrmex purpureus at Aranda, ACT - 24 Feb 2020
Iridomyrmex purpureus at Aranda, ACT - 24 Feb 2020
Iridomyrmex purpureus at Aranda, ACT - 24 Feb 2020
Iridomyrmex purpureus at Aranda, ACT - 24 Feb 2020
Iridomyrmex purpureus at Aranda, ACT - 24 Feb 2020
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Identification history

Iridomyrmex purpureus 24 Feb 2020 JonLewis
Unidentified 24 Feb 2020 Jubeyjubes

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Apologies to Jon Lewis if I have logged this species before - it's not intentional I just cannot tell the difference between some of the taxa yet.

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JonLewis wrote:
   25 Feb 2020
Hi Jubeyjubes, no worries - every sighting is interesting for me! Cheers, Jon

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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
  • 582 images trained Machine learning
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