Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Deakin, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.103134-35.326033
• Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
• Places Deakin, ACT

Sighting information

• 1,001 - 10,000 Abundance
• 22 Mar 2019 05:11 PM Recorded on
• JackyF Recorded by

• Collections

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

Additional information

• large ant nest in gum understorey Associated plant
• 5mm to 12mm Animal size
• Mixed Gender
• Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour

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
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