Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Brownlow Hill, NSW

Iridomyrmex purpureus at Brownlow Hill, NSW - 12 Nov 2024 02:17 PM
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Identification history

Iridomyrmex purpureus 13 Nov 2024 SimonDunstan
Iridomyrmex purpureus 13 Nov 2024 BeckBrownlowHill

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3 comments

Curiosity wrote:
   13 Nov 2024
@BeckBrownlowHill, I can't answer your question so have asked for some help from CNM.
SimonDunstan wrote:
   13 Nov 2024
Going off of the satellite image for GPS location there is a large nest of what appears to me I.purpureus only a very short distance away.
Curiosity wrote:
   14 Nov 2024
Thanks, Simon.

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Additional information

  • Less than 5mm 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
  • 651 images trained Machine learning
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