Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Deakin, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.098962-35.324210
• Altitude 618.1m
• Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
• Places Deakin, ACT

Sighting information

• 16 - 100 Abundance
• 22 Mar 2023 09:26 AM Recorded on
• AlisonMilton Recorded by

• Collections

  FNAC Red Hill fauna walk March 2023 AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects

Additional information

• Eucalyptus Associated plant
• Attending leafhoppers but also a few large nest nearby. Associated animal
• 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
• 702 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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