2 Meat Ant at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 4 May 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 4 May 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Unidentified | 4 May 2020 | LisaH |
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User's notes
I was intrigued by this ant possessively carrying what I think is a creeping saltbush berry?
1 comment
JonLewis
wrote:
4 May 2020
Hi Lisa, yes, I think your guess about the fruit might be right. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.098444-35.327691
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 4 May 2020 02:40 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm 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
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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