Meat Ant at Yackandandah, VIC
Identification history
| Iridomyrmex purpureus | 15 Jan 2025 | SimonDunstan | ||
| Unidentified | 14 Feb 2023 | KylieWaldon |
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User's notes
these huge ants were going up and coming down this gum tree trunk. every now and then a smaller one came down. Red head, black body, black stripe on butt and gold tip. They were going a little too fast for me with camera!
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Location information
- Coordinates 146.831479-36.319540
- Places Yackandandah, VIC
Sighting information
- 20 Abundance
- 13 Feb 2023 09:59 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Collections
KylieWaldon NatureMapr Hume Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects
Additional information
- gum tree Associated plant
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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
- 660 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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