Meat Ant at Wodonga, VIC
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 11 Mar 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 7 Mar 2021 | KylieWaldon |
Identify this sighting
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
These ants were running up the trunk and along the branches of this spindly young gum tree but didn't appear to be eating anything inparticular.
2 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
11 Mar 2021
They were probably tending the leafhopper also present in your photo. They protect the leafhoppers from predators and parasites, stroke them with their antennas and in return get to eat the sugary shit
KylieWaldon
wrote:
11 Mar 2021
ohhh. I thought the leaf hopper was doing a good job of hiding from the ants. I did see the passing ant stop above and look like it was feeling below, but then it quickly moved on. I didn't realise the leafhoppers were so small. No wonder I haven't seen one up till now!
Location information
- Coordinates 146.901441-36.139804
- Maps Jack Perry Reserve Wodonga
- Places Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 15 Abundance
- 7 Mar 2021 10:24 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
-
Collections
Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr
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
- 623 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
