Tufted Tyrant Ant at Holt, ACT
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex rufoniger | 23 Mar 2023 | JonLewis | ||
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 22 Mar 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 15 Mar 2023 | Cristy1676 |
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Hello, I'd love an ID on this ant species. It appears to be drinking from the bottoms of some kind of leaf hopper. there is one in particular with a very full gaster!
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.993379-35.231589
- Places Holt, ACT
Sighting information
- 25 Abundance
- 15 Mar 2023 12:25 PM Recorded on
- Cristy1676 Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Cristy1676 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Eucalyptus Associated plant
- Leaf Hoper? Associated Insect
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Iridomyrmex rufoniger Scientific name
- Tufted Tyrant Ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 839.43m Recorded at altitude
- 171 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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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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