Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.150331-35.294419
• Altitude 589.7m
• Maps Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain
• Places Campbell, ACT

Sighting information

• 4 - 15 Abundance
• 7 Apr 2024 02:34 PM Recorded on
• Hejor1 Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Hejor1 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• 5mm to 12mm Animal size
• False Pollinator Insect on Flower

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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