Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Yarralumla, ACT

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Identification history

	Iridomyrmex purpureus	18 Jan 2022	JonLewis
	Iridomyrmex purpureus	18 Jan 2022	ConBoekel

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Elsewhere meat ants leave grains of sand on the surface of their mounds. In this clay soil they left small pieces of twig. They keep the surface tidy but they appear to want to have an even layer of either sand grains of small pieces of wood to break the surface.

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JonLewis wrote:

18 Jan 2022

Maybe it reduces the erosion?

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Location information

Coordinates 149.111012 -35.298573
Altitude 529.7m
Maps Lake Burley Griffin West Blue Gum Point to Attunga Bay
Places Yarralumla, ACT

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
16 Jan 2022 08:26 AM Recorded on
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ConBoekel Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects

Additional information

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
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