Meat Ant at Hawker, ACT
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 20 Nov 2021 | AlisonMilton |
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Swarming with winged ants emerging from at least 10 nest entrances. Swarms were greater the previous day but I didn't have my camera.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.037960-35.244023
- Altitude 627.6m
- Places Hawker, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 19 Oct 2021 02:17 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
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
- 613 images trained Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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