Meat Ant at Gungahlin, ACT
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 5 Nov 2025 | SimonDunstan | ||
| Iridomyrmex sp. (genus) | 3 Nov 2025 | JonLewis | ||
| Iridomyrmex sp. (genus) | 3 Nov 2025 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unverified | 2 Nov 2025 | chriselidie |
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Rapidly running around - hard to photograph. Looked like a very large ant from the side?
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.142496-35.190305
- Places Gungahlin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 1 Nov 2025 05:35 PM Recorded on
- chriselidie Recorded by
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Collections
chriselidie NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Iridomyrmex purpureus Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm 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
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Iridomyrmex purpurea
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes