Meat ant
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| Species: | I. purpureus
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The meat ant (Iridomyrmex purpureus), also called the meat-eater ant, is a species of ant found all around Australia. The ants are often used by farmers to clean the remaining meat off dead animals.
Meat Ant Media
Iridomyrmex purpureus in Australian insects Froggatt 1907
Syntype specimen of I. detectus castrae, Natural History Museum of Geneva
Iridomyrmex purpureus casent0006108 profile 1
Iridomyrmex greensladei casent0172040 profile 1
Eye, electron microscopy
Shattuck 34774-1, Iridomyrmex purpureus, near Bungendore, NSW
These mound holes prevent water from entering the nest during rain.
Alates swarming for nuptial flight
Queen burrowing a hole after her nuptial flight
