Meat Ant at Brownlow Hill, NSW
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.631089-34.035572
- Altitude 90.8m
- Places Brownlow Hill, NSW
Sighting information
- > 10,001 Abundance
- 12 Nov 2024 02:17 PM Recorded on
- BeckBrownlowHill Recorded by
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Collections
BeckBrownlowHill Southern Highlands NatureMapr Iridomyrmex purpureus Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
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
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Iridomyrmex purpurea
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
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