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Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat ant

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Iridomyrmex purpureus (Smith, 1858)

GBIF · view at source · updated on 03/07/2026

Southern Meat Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Iridomyrmex

Iridomyrmex purpureus

Wikidata · view at source · CC0 · updated on 03/07/2026

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(c) Jonghyun Park, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jonghyun Park · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Mark Ayers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Ayers · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Ellura Sanctuary, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ellura Sanctuary · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Jonghyun Park, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jonghyun Park · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kym Nicolson, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Kym Nicolson · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Mark Newton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Newton · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Mark Ayers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Ayers · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Daniel Kurek, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Daniel Kurek · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Matt Tudor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Matt Tudor · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Mark Newton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Newton · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
Occurrences (GBIF) 3 countries · 9170 records GBIF · updated on 07/07/2026 Maximize Minimize
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Occurrences by year
1893: 2 1904: 2 1905: 4 1908: 3 1910: 1 1911: 2 1913: 1 1914: 3 1915: 4 1917: 2 1922: 6 1923: 5 1925: 2 1927: 2 1928: 8 1929: 10 1930: 4 1931: 3 1932: 4 1933: 6 1934: 8 1935: 12 1936: 44 1937: 13 1938: 2 1940: 2 1941: 3 1942: 2 1944: 3 1945: 7 1947: 49 1948: 6 1949: 55 1951: 23 1952: 2 1953: 12 1956: 10 1957: 9 1958: 46 1959: 10 1961: 7 1962: 65 1963: 2 1964: 9 1965: 10 1966: 17 1967: 4 1968: 14 1969: 51 1970: 23 1971: 98 1972: 87 1973: 437 1974: 262 1975: 98 1976: 177 1977: 44 1978: 21 1979: 9 1980: 9 1981: 14 1982: 8 1983: 9 1984: 6 1985: 20 1986: 1 1987: 18 1988: 10 1989: 12 1990: 20 1991: 15 1992: 21 1993: 2 1995: 681 1996: 41 1997: 11 1998: 19 1999: 28 2000: 26 2001: 23 2002: 18 2003: 72 2004: 85 2005: 38 2006: 81 2007: 12 2008: 14 2009: 9 2010: 35 2011: 13 2012: 8 2013: 11 2014: 93 2015: 38 2016: 42 2017: 121 2018: 263 2019: 298 2020: 375 2021: 454 2022: 579 2023: 917 2024: 811 2025: 1,199 2026: 608
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YearRecords
18932
19042
19054
19083
19101
19112
19131
19143
19154
19172
19226
19235
19252
19272
19288
192910
19304
19313
19324
19336
19348
193512
193644
193713
19382
19402
19413
19422
19443
19457
194749
19486
194955
195123
19522
195312
195610
19579
195846
195910
19617
196265
19632
19649
196510
196617
19674
196814
196951
197023
197198
197287
1973437
1974262
197598
1976177
197744
197821
19799
19809
198114
19828
19839
19846
198520
19861
198718
198810
198912
199020
199115
199221
19932
1995681
199641
199711
199819
199928
200026
200123
200218
200372
200485
200538
200681
200712
200814
20099
201035
201113
20128
201311
201493
201538
201642
2017121
2018263
2019298
2020375
2021454
2022579
2023917
2024811
20251,199
2026608
Australia · 9,167 United States · 2 China · 1
Australia 25/05/2026 · Jayden Buchly · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 23/05/2026 · Roger Thomas · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 22/05/2026 · Snow Dennis · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 22/05/2026 · Snow Dennis · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 21/05/2026 · Mark Clarke · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 21/05/2026 · Ozbeach Andy · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 21/05/2026 · Jackson Nugent · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 21/05/2026 · patchofweeds · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 20/05/2026 · Joelene Ign. · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 20/05/2026 · Ahmad Asil Hashimi · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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