Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Wamboin, NSW

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.273566-35.262579
• Places Wamboin, NSW

Sighting information

• At least 1 Abundance
• 3 Nov 2020 12:10 PM Recorded on
• natureguy Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) natureguy

Additional information

• 12mm to 25mm Animal size
• Unknown Gender
• Nest building 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
• 602 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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• Additional attributes