Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Macquarie, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.060011-35.248456
• Altitude 622.9m
• Places Macquarie, ACT

Sighting information

• At least 1 Abundance
• 18 Feb 2025 12:22 PM Recorded on
• Hejor1 Recorded by

• Collections

  Car parks Hejor1 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects

Additional information

• 5mm to 12mm Animal size

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
• 700 images trained Machine learning
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• Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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