Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Molonglo Valley, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.011013-35.298730
• Maps Denman Prospect 2 Estate Deferred Area (Block 12) Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11)
• Places Molonglo Valley, ACT

Sighting information

• 1 - 3 Abundance
• 3 Apr 2015 11:49 AM Recorded on
• Caric Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Caric

Additional information

• Eucalypt Associated plant
• Lerp Associated Insect
• 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
• 589 images trained Machine learning
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• Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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