Meat Ant at Weetangera, ACT
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 14 Mar 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Camponotus consobrinus | 11 Mar 2020 | AlisonMilton |
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3 comments
JonLewis
wrote:
12 Mar 2020
Hi Alison, is this the right photo? Looks like Iridomyrmex purpureus. Cheers, Jon
AlisonMilton
wrote:
12 Mar 2020
Sorry Jon, I think you're right. My Internet has been tediously slow, perhaps also slowing my mind. I don't usually bother with meat ants.
JonLewis
wrote:
14 Mar 2020
No worries Alison - I only asked if it was the right photo because your IDs are usually spot on! Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050270-35.259743
- Altitude 711.5m
- Maps The Pinnacle
- Places Weetangera, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 10 Mar 2020 09:12 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) AlisonMilton 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
- 623 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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