Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Hughes, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.102508-35.329069
• Altitude 648.4m
• Maps Federal Golf Course Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
• Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

• 50 Abundance
• 5 Dec 2020 12:20 PM Recorded on
• JackyF Recorded by

• Collections

  JackyF Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects

Additional information

• Wattle Associated plant
• Stencilled Hairstreak Butterfly caterpillars and pupae Associated animal
• 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
• 700 images trained Machine learning
• External link More information

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• Verified by an expert moderator
• Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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