Iridomyrmex mayri

Acton, ACT

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Identification history

Iridomyrmex mayri	19 Jun 2019	JonLewis
Iridomyrmex mayri	19 Jun 2019	MichaelBedingfield
Iridomyrmex mayri	12 Jun 2019	JonLewis
Unidentified	12 Jun 2019	TimL

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User's notes

Thanks to Marcus Leach for the initial sighting of these ants. They were swarming in a frenzy around the many winged Queens that were leaving a nest. The Queens were larger than the 5mm to 12mm size range of the ants generally.

2 comments

JonLewis wrote:

20 Jun 2019

Hi Tim, thanks for yet another new species. This one is pretty common, especially during the cool months, generally foraging on trees.

Hi Michael, thanks for updating the taxonomy - I tried several times and just got "We are busy" messages.

Cheers, Jon

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

20 Jun 2019

Hi Jon
I guessed you had that problem. We are having some software problems at the moment. Hopefully it will improve soon.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.104735 -35.276993
Maps ANBG
Places Acton, ACT

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
11 Jun 2019 01:17 PM Recorded on
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Iridomyrmex mayri Scientific name
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Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1233.4m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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