Meat Ant at Carwoola, NSW
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 26 Nov 2018 | JonLewis | ||
| Unidentified | 26 Nov 2018 | Christine |
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User's notes
Ant on left was carrying the larger (presumed dead??) ant on the right at a great speed across the leaf litter.
3 comments
JonLewis
wrote:
27 Nov 2018
The live meat ant, Iridomyrmex purpureus, is dragging a (yes, probably dead) major of Camponotus consobrinus
Christine
wrote:
27 Nov 2018
Thanks Jon, would the ant on the right be a different species? Being carried off for food?
JonLewis
wrote:
27 Nov 2018
Yes, it is a different species (Camponotus consobrinus) and will certainly be food.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.270811-35.358324
- Maps Cuumbeun Nature Reserve
- Places Carwoola, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 25 Nov 2018 01:44 PM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
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
- 582 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
