Iridomyrmex pallidus is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Auguste-Henri Forel in 1901, the ant is endemic to Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, and their preferred habitats include tropical rainforests and eucalypt forest.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Iridomyrmex pallidus being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Myrmecocystus testaceus
- Dorymyrmex flavus
- Pheidole vistana
- Pheidole morrisii
- Myrmecocystus wheeleri
- Dorymyrmex bureni
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Iridomyrmex
- Species
- Iridomyrmex pallidus
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