Iridomyrmex purpureus meat ant. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

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.

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Iridomyrmex purpureus meat ant.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Iridomyrmex purpureus meat ants make large and conspicuous nests.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Iridomyrmex purpureus meat ants are aggressive in defense of their colonies. Here, a guard ant attempts to take down the photographer.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Iridomyrmex purpureus meat ants. These common insects make characteristic pebbly clearings around their nests.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

The scientific name of Australian meat ants is Iridomyrmex, or "rainbow ants", referring to their blue-green iridescent sheen. (Iridomyrmex purpureus).

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Iridomyrmex meat ants react aggressively to intruders in their territory.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Iridomyrmex purpureus. A young meat ant queen searches for a place to start a nest.

Little Desert National Park, Victoria, Australia

A young meat ant queen (Iridomyrmex purpureus) excavates her first nest.

Little Desert National Park, Victoria, Australia

Iridomyrmex purpureus meat ant.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Iridomyrmex purpureus meat ant.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Iridomyrmex purpureus meat ant.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

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Keywords: white iridomyrmex purpureus worker ant meat ant rainbow ant

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