Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Wodonga, VIC

Iridomyrmex purpureus at Wodonga, VIC - 10 Oct 2020
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Identification history

Iridomyrmex purpureus 2 Dec 2020 MichaelMulvaney
Iridomyrmex purpureus 10 Oct 2020 HarveyPerkins
Iridomyrmex purpureus 10 Oct 2020 HarveyPerkins
Unidentified 10 Oct 2020 KylieWaldon

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User's notes

first photo for me ever of ants. I thought the red bit was their back end but the photo shows its their front end!

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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
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