Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Hughes, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.100105-35.339290
• Altitude 614.2m
• Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
• Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

• > 10,001 Abundance
• 11 Dec 2017 12:00 AM Recorded on
• ruthkerruish Recorded by

• Collections

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

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
• 676 images trained Machine learning
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