Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Isaacs, ACT

Iridomyrmex purpureus at Isaacs, ACT - 19 Aug 2022
Iridomyrmex purpureus at Isaacs, ACT - 19 Aug 2022
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Iridomyrmex purpureus 20 Aug 2022 Mike
Iridomyrmex purpureus 20 Aug 2022 Mike

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Mike wrote:
   20 Aug 2022
These were not at all happy when I stepped on their nest while pulling out some African daisy weeds. I was attacked but managed to get rid of most of the ants. A couple came home with me but only one bit me. Just as well they were not bull ants.

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  • 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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