Iridomyrmex purpureus

1 Meat Ant at Wanniassa, ACT

Iridomyrmex purpureus at Wanniassa, ACT - 10 Apr 2022
Iridomyrmex purpureus at Wanniassa, ACT - 10 Apr 2022
Iridomyrmex purpureus at Wanniassa, ACT - 10 Apr 2022
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Identification history

Iridomyrmex purpureus 12 Oct 2024 SimonPDunstan
Iridomyrmex sp. (genus) 11 Apr 2022 JonLewis
Unidentified 10 Apr 2022 JohnBundock

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2 comments

WHall wrote:
   11 Apr 2022
Queen of Iridomyrmex, suggested by an ant entomologist friend
JonLewis wrote:
   11 Apr 2022
Hi WHall, I agree with your friend - there have been lots of Iridomyrmex swarming in the last few weeks. Cheers, Jon

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Additional information

  • 12mm to 25mm 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
  • 582 images trained Machine learning
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