Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at O'Connor, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.119728-35.256739
• Altitude 591.7m
• Maps Banksia Street Wetland Corridor
• Places O'Connor, ACT

Sighting information

• 2 Abundance
• 2 May 2023 09:38 AM Recorded on
• trevorpreston Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• Gum tree trunk Associated plant
• 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
• 623 images trained Machine learning
• External link More information

Record quality

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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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