Meat Ant at West Wodonga, VIC
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 31 Aug 2025 | JonLewis | ||
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 31 Aug 2025 | KylieWaldon |
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User's notes
I saw one ?meat ant on the track, and then this second one was carrying an enormous ant! Don't think I've seen this before.
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Location information
- Coordinates 146.850969-36.138927
- Places West Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 31 Aug 2025 10:29 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Collections
KylieWaldon NatureMapr Albury, Wodonga Iridomyrmex purpureus Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
Additional information
- bull ant Associated animal
- 12mm to 25mm 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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