Iridomyrmex rufoniger (Tufted Tyrant Ant)
A very common ant around the ACT region. Quite agressive and will bite readily, but can't sting. It can recruit large numbers to a food source and quickly monopolise it.
Iridomyrmex rufoniger is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands
Species information
- Iridomyrmex rufoniger Scientific name
- Tufted Tyrant Ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 839.43m Recorded at altitude
- 146 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
Location information
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Maps
ANBG Banksia Street Wetland Corridor Block 402 Dawson Street Gardens Dickson Wetland Dickson Wetland Corridor Dryandra St Woodland Emu Creek Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor Harcourt Hill Hassett Park, Campbell Hill Reserve Isaacs Ridge Isaacs Ridge and Nearby Kama Molonglo River Reserve Mount Ainslie Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain Mount Painter Mount Pleasant National Arboretum Woodland Piney Ridge Queanbeyan River The Pinnacle Umbagong District Park Uriarra TSR -
Survey points
GG18 -
Places
Ainslie, ACT Belconnen, ACT Campbell, ACT Greenleigh, NSW Gundaroo, NSW Higgins, ACT Ngunnawal, ACT Nicholls, ACT Parkes, ACT Pialligo, ACT Russell, ACT
