Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Yarralumla, ACT

Iridomyrmex purpureus at Yarralumla, ACT - 16 Jan 2022
Iridomyrmex purpureus at Yarralumla, ACT - 16 Jan 2022
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Identification history

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

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User's notes

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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Sighting information

  • 16 - 100 Abundance
  • 16 Jan 2022 08:26 AM Recorded on
  • ConBoekel Recorded by

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  • 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
  • 574 images trained Machine learning
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