Meat Ant at Belconnen, ACT
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 30 Mar 2017 | samreid007 | ||
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 27 Mar 2017 | samreid007 | ||
| Unidentified | 25 Mar 2017 | CathB |
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User's notes
Many ants out after rain earlier in the day. These larger ones seen occasionally.
1 comment
samreid007
wrote:
27 Mar 2017
I think that it is a young meat ant queen looking to establish a nest. It can be quite common to see mating flights and young queens on warm, calm days that follow periods of heavy rain.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.073903-35.267690
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Belconnen, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 21 Mar 2017 06:08 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Iridomyrmex purpureus Scientific name
- Meat Ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 963.87m Recorded at altitude
- 487 images trained Machine learning
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