Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Captains Flat, NSW

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.349153-35.558206
• Altitude 763.8m
• Places Captains Flat, NSW

Sighting information

• 4 - 15 Abundance
• 12 Mar 2018 10:59 AM Recorded on
• alexwatt Recorded by

• Collections

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

Additional information

• 5mm to 12mm Animal size
• Nest building Breeding behaviour
• Mixed Gender

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
• 623 images trained Machine learning
• External link More information

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