Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Mount Ainslie

Identification history

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.174766-35.279262
• Maps Mount Ainslie Campbell Park Woodland
• Places Pialligo, ACT

Sighting information

• 16 - 100 Abundance
• 7 Jan 2024 10:05 AM Recorded on
• Christine Recorded by

• Collections

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

Additional information

• 5mm to 12mm Animal size
• Alive / healthy Animal health

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
• 641 images trained Machine learning
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• Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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