Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Farringdon, NSW

Iridomyrmex purpureus at Farringdon, NSW - 15 Jan 2022
Iridomyrmex purpureus at Farringdon, NSW - 15 Jan 2022
Iridomyrmex purpureus at Farringdon, NSW - 15 Jan 2022
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Identification history

Iridomyrmex purpureus 20 Jan 2022 JonLewis
Iridomyrmex purpureus 19 Jan 2022 Tapirlord

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Eating a discarded chicken wing, which somehow ended up in the middle of the road.

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JonLewis wrote:
   20 Jan 2022
Lucky ants!

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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
  • 623 images trained Machine learning
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