Iridomyrmex
is a diverse group of Indo-Australian dolichoderine ants. These alert, aggressive insects can be abundant, particularly in open habitats, and they play ecologially important roles as predators, scavengers, and symbionts of honeydew-producing insects.
Iridomyrmex purpureus meat ants. These common insects make characteristic pebbly clearings around their nests.
Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Iridomyrmex purpureus meat ants. These common insects make characteristic pebbly clearings around their nests.
Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
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