Iridomyrmex purpureus
Meat Ant at Deakin, ACT
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| Iridomyrmex purpureus | JonLewis | 22 Apr 2023 | |
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | CarbonAI | 21 Apr 2023 | |
| Unverified | LisaH | 21 Apr 2023 |
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User's notes
So many ants, busily tending to the scale insects(?)
2 comments
22 Apr 2023
The ants love a few scale insects, sucking up the honeydew the scale produce as a byproduct of feeding on the tree sap.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.093917-35.327359
- Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 21 Apr 2023 05:12 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Iridomyrmex purpureus Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
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
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Synonyms
Iridomyrmex purpurea
Record quality
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