2 Meat Ant at Coombs, ACT
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 11 Jan 2023 | JonLewis | ||
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 11 Jan 2023 | AJB |
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User's notes
These ants seem to have displaced the bees at Holder Wetlands on the few remaining flowers
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.046478-35.327656
- Altitude 557.8m
- Maps Holder Wetlands
- Places Coombs, ACT
Sighting information
- 17 Abundance
- 8 Jan 2023 09:57 AM Recorded on
- AJB Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) AJB
Additional information
- tea tree Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen 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
- 582 images trained Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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