Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Micalong Gorge

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Location information

• Coordinates 148.600539-35.216482
• Altitude 763.0m
• Maps Micalong Gorge
• Places Wee Jasper, NSW

Sighting information

• 16 - 100 Abundance
• 31 Dec 2023 08:37 AM Recorded on
• Wildlifewarrior80 Recorded by

• Collections

  Wildlifewarrior80 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects

Additional information

• 12mm to 25mm Animal size
• False Insect on a flower

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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• Verified by an expert moderator
• Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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