Iridomyrmex cf. purpureus

A beautiful colored and mainly in Southeastern Australia distributed ants species with beautiful green-purpur shimmer.

• Taxonomy: Subfamilie Dolichoderinae
• Distribution: Australia
• Color: Queen: black, Workers: reddish-black
• Size: Queen: 12 - 15 mm
• Hibernation: No
• Nutrition:  Honey/sugarwater, insects, spiders and other small animals and occasionally seeds
• Temperature:  from cool through very hot 15 - 30°C
• Climate: subtropical to tropical
• Soil conditions: nothing special
• Nest building: Soil nests with small mounds
• Planting: not neccessary
• Specifics: Abdomen especially from workers is shimmering green to purpur. Creates small mounds.

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