Iridomyrmex purpureus at Red Hill Nature Reserve

Iridomyrmex purpureus

2 Meat Ant at Red Hill Nature Reserve

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Identification history

Iridomyrmex purpureus	2 Nov 2020	JonLewis
Iridomyrmex purpureus	2 Nov 2020	JonLewis
Unidentified	1 Nov 2020	kieranh

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Winged ants emerging amidst an agitated swarm of workers. Party time in bird world: noisy miners, olive backed oriole and satin bower birds feeding at different ant nests. A noisy group of >10 Pied Currawongs seemed to be picking-off flying prey near a couple nests.

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JonLewis wrote:

2 Nov 2020

Thanks for posting this Kieran. Great observations about the predation of the alates by birds. There probably are published observations like this but they are not common. Cheers, Jon

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