Hawkeswood, T.J., & Taylor, S. 2018 Red Meat Ants, Iridomyrmex purpureus (Smith, 1858) (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) feeding from an adult of the Giant Scale Bug, Icerya acaciae (Morrison & Morrison, 1923) (Hemiptera: Monophlebidae). Calodema 680: 1-4

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ant association

natural enemies

Notes: The Giant Scale Bug (Icerya acaciae Morrison & Morrison, 1923; Hemiptera: Monophlebidae) is recorded being attended and protected by Red Meat ants, Iridomyrmex purpurea Smith, 1858) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on Acacia implexa Benth. (Mimosaceae) in bushland (Shale Sandstone Transitional Forest - SSTF) near Glenorie, New South Wales, Australia, during November 2018.