Iridomyrmex rufoniger (Tufted Tyrant Ant)
A very common ant around the ACT region. Quite agressive and will bite readily, but can't sting. It can recruit large numbers to a food source and quickly monopolise it.
Iridomyrmex rufoniger is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Albury, Wodonga | Barwon South West | Greater Brisbane
Species information
- Iridomyrmex rufoniger Scientific name
- Tufted Tyrant Ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 839.43m Recorded at altitude
- 190 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
Location information
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Maps
ANBG Banksia Street Wetland Corridor Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11) Cantor Crescent Woodland, Higgins Dawson Street Gardens Dickson Wetland Dickson Wetland Corridor Dryandra St Woodland Emu Creek Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor Goulburn Mulwaree Council Harcourt Hill Hassett Park, Campbell Hill Reserve Holtze Close Neighbourhood Park Isaacs Ridge Isaacs Ridge and Nearby Kama Molonglo River Reserve Mount Ainslie Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain Mount Painter Mount Pleasant Mulligans Flat National Arboretum Woodland Piney Ridge Queanbeyan River The Pinnacle Umbagong District Park Uriarra TSR -
Places
Ainslie, ACT Belconnen, ACT Campbell, ACT Curtin, ACT Goulburn, NSW Greenleigh, NSW Gundaroo, NSW Hackett, ACT Higgins, ACT Lake George, NSW Macgregor, ACT Ngunnawal, ACT Nicholls, ACT Parkes, ACT Pialligo, ACT Russell, ACT Throsby, ACT Woolgarlo, NSW
