1 Meat Ant at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 10 Jan 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Unidentified | 2 Jan 2020 | JackyF |
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User's notes
Ants swarming up tree to raid beehive hollow which was exposed when a large branch fell. Photo 3 shows ants surrounding a few defending bees.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.097557-35.327397
- Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 2 Jan 2020 10:11 AM Recorded on
- JackyF Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
Additional information
- Blakely's Red Gum Associated plant
- European honey bee Associated Insect
- 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
- 582 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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