Meat Ant at Downer, ACT
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 4 Aug 2021 | JonLewis | ||
| Unidentified | 3 Aug 2021 | Christine |
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User's notes
Field Furnace Ant? Ran quickly away, under sticks etc, so did not get a great pic.
1 comment
JonLewis
wrote:
4 Aug 2021
Hi Christine, the colour of meat ants varies quite a bit, becoming quite red at times. On your photo you can still see some purple iridescence on the body. Cheers, Jon
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.090634-35.263430
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places Downer, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 30 Jul 2021 02:56 PM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Iridomyrmex purpureus Scientific name
- Meat Ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 963.87m Recorded at altitude
- 480 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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