Iridomyrmex purpureus

2 Meat Ant at Hughes, ACT

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Identification history

Iridomyrmex purpureus	2 Nov 2020	JonLewis
Iridomyrmex purpureus	2 Nov 2020	JonLewis
Unverified	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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Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
29 Oct 2020 03:56 PM Recorded on
kieranh Recorded by
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kieranh Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size
Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour

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
702 images trained Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania