Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Belconnen, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.073792-35.246686
• Altitude 592.4m
• Maps Emu Creek Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor
• Places Belconnen, ACT

Sighting information

• 1111 Abundance
• 6 Feb 2023 05:13 PM Recorded on
• JohnGiacon Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Additional information

• 5mm to 12mm Animal size
• Alive / healthy Animal health

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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