Iridomyrmex rufoniger
Tufted Tyrant Ant at Kambah, ACT
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| Iridomyrmex rufoniger | JonLewis | 31 Mar 2020 | |
| Unverified | HarveyPerkins | 31 Mar 2020 |
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User's notes
Huge swarming numbers. The workers were about 5 mm in length, the alate females about 12 mm. Alate males similar in size to the worker females but slightly more slender, with small male heads. They were coming from several nest holes at the base of brick garden walls and swarming all over the walls and letter box. Very bitey as well! Didn't like having their photographs taken.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.036802-35.393989
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 1,001 - 10,000 Abundance
- 30 Mar 2020 01:02 PM Recorded on
- HarveyPerkins Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
Collections
- HarveyPerkins Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Iridomyrmex rufoniger Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
Species information
- Iridomyrmex rufoniger Scientific name
- Tufted Tyrant Ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 839.43m Recorded at altitude
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