Insects
Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
Sighting 4431542

Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Albury, NSW

Iridomyrmex purpureus at Albury, NSW - 12 Apr 2022 08:37 AM
Iridomyrmex purpureus at Albury, NSW - 12 Apr 2022 08:37 AM
Iridomyrmex purpureus at Albury, NSW - 12 Apr 2022 08:37 AM
Iridomyrmex purpureus at Albury, NSW - 12 Apr 2022 08:37 AM
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Identification history

Iridomyrmex purpureus 19 May 2022 MichaelMulvaney
Iridomyrmex purpureus 14 Apr 2022 KimberiRP
Unverified 12 Apr 2022 KylieWaldon

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I was really taken with all these ants on this wattle sapling on the edge of the track. There were quite a few of the same wattles there, but only this one had ants. I looked hard for leafhoppers but couldn't see any. But on checking photos at home there is something there with the ants but too small for me to work out what they are.

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Additional information

  • wattle Associated plant
  • 5mm to 12mm 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
  • 698 images trained Machine learning
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