Meat Ant at Hawker, ACT
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 26 Mar 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 26 Mar 2020 | AlisonMilton |
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They strategically built their nest in the top of a termite mound, ensuring a steady supply of food.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.032735-35.253905
- Altitude 610.5m
- Maps The Pinnacle
- Places Hawker, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 14 Feb 2020 09:05 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
- 645 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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