Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Kambah, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.024762-35.390070
• Maps Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm A.C.T.
• Places Kambah, ACT

Sighting information

• 16 - 100 Abundance
• 2 Dec 2022 02:31 PM Recorded on
• HelenCross Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) HelenCross Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• Eucalyptus pauciflora subsp. pauciflora Associated plant
• 12mm to 25mm Animal size
• Alive / healthy Animal health
• Feeding Insect behaviour on flower
• True Pollinator Insect on Flower

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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• Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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