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[BeginnerAntKeeper]

1st queen
1. Location (on a map) of collection: Singapore
2. Date of collection: 11/4/2018
3. Habitat of collection: My house
4. Length (from head to gaster): 0.5cm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: orange-brown head and thorax, black Gaster
6. Distinguishing characteristics: Still has wings
7. Distinguishing behavior: NA
8. Nest description: NA
9. Nuptial flight time and date: NA

As of today, this queen has a nanitic
Links:
https://ibb.co/iQ5n5o
https://ibb.co/mNndBT

2nd queen
1. Location (on a map) of collection: Singapore
2. Date of collection: 17/4/2018
3. Habitat of collection: My house
4. Length (from head to gaster):0.7cm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: orange head and thorax, Gaster orange with yellow stripes
6. Distinguishing characteristics: Still has wings but they are tattered due to an accident
7. Distinguishing behavior: NA
8. Nest description: NA
9. Nuptial flight time and date: NA

This ant has young
Links:
https://ibb.co/kUK58n


3rd queen
1. Location (on a map) of collection: Singapore
2. Date of collection: Forgot
3. Habitat of collection: My house
4. Length (from head to gaster): 0.5cm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: Black head and thorax, long black striped Gaster
6. Distinguishing characteristics: Still has wings
7. Distinguishing behavior: NA
8. Nest description: NA
9. Nuptial flight time and date: NA

I think this one is infertile
Links:
https://ibb.co/igB7M7

[T.C.]

Could you get your photos embed in please?

[Phoenix]

1st Colony - Crematogaster sp.

3rd Queen - Nylanderia sp.

 

The photo for the second queen is too blurry for me to tell accurately, but based on the coloration and stripes, it's either Camponotus or Colobopsis.

Edited by Phoenix, May 19 2018 - 12:35 AM.

[BeginnerAntKeeper]

Could you get your photos embed in please?

What do you mean by 'embed'?

[BeginnerAntKeeper]

1st Colony - Crematogaster sp.
3rd Queen - Nylanderia sp.

The photo for the second queen is too blurry for me to tell accurately, but based on the coloration and stripes, it's either Camponotus or Colobopsis.

Clearer pic of 1st queen:
https://ibb.co/kqyyTn

The 2nd queen seems too small to be Camponotus sp...
I thought Camponotus queens reach over 1cm length

Edited by BeginnerAntKeeper, May 19 2018 - 4:59 PM.

[Phoenix]

 

1st Colony - Crematogaster sp.
3rd Queen - Nylanderia sp.

The photo for the second queen is too blurry for me to tell accurately, but based on the coloration and stripes, it's either Camponotus or Colobopsis.

Clearer pic of 1st queen:
https://ibb.co/kqyyTn

The 3rd queen seems too small to be Camponotus sp...
I thought Camponotus queens reach over 1cm length

 

Not too sure whether you've read my comment correctly or not, but I'll rewrite it just for the clarification.

 

'Queen' 1 - Crematogaster sp.

Queen 2 - Blurry pics, can't tell.

Queen 3 - Nylanderia sp.

[StopSpazzing]

 

Could you get your photos embed in please?

What do you mean by 'embed'?

 

embed your photos next time http://www.formicult...otos/#entry7462

[BeginnerAntKeeper]

I caught a new queen today
Any brown splotches are just dirt, prob not a disease
1. Location (on a map) of collection: Singapore
2. Date of collection: 23/5/2018
3. Habitat of collection: Building
4. Length (from head to gaster): About 2cm(queen very fidgety so it was hard to get an accurate measurement)
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: Black
6. Distinguishing characteristics: Thin hair all over the body
7. Distinguishing behavior: SUPER fidgety
8. Nest description: NA
9. Nuptial flight time and date: NA

Photos:
https://ibb.co/bVTv0o
https://ibb.co/fbQKRT
The queen has 2 petioles which are labeled in this photo:
https://ibb.co/jdoERT

2nd queen has a nanitic
Better pics:
https://ibb.co/hBehD8
https://ibb.co/mfk00o
https://ibb.co/cDoL0o

1st queen has 3 nanitics now

Edited by BeginnerAntKeeper, May 23 2018 - 12:52 AM.

[Phoenix]

Carebara and Crematogaster respectively. 

[Jonathan21700]

As Phoenix mentioned first is some sort of Carebara possibly C. diversa and the second one appears to be Crematogaster but I can't see her worker very well.

Edited by Jonathan21700, May 23 2018 - 2:12 AM.

[BeginnerAntKeeper]

Ok let me get this straight
1st queen(colony): Possibly Crematogaster sp.
2nd colony: Also possibly Crematogaster sp.
3rd queen: Possibly Nylanderia sp.
4th queen: Possibly Carebara sp/diversus

Are any of these species hard to keep?
Also the 4th queen(carebara) seems to be sluggish, might be dying

Edited by BeginnerAntKeeper, May 24 2018 - 1:46 AM.

[BeginnerAntKeeper]

1st Colony - Crematogaster sp.
3rd Queen - Nylanderia sp.

The photo for the second queen is too blurry for me to tell accurately, but based on the coloration and stripes, it's either Camponotus or Colobopsis.

Is it possible that queen 3 is Tapinoma melanocephalum because I have a colony in my house and their queens look kinda similar to the 3rd queen

[CoolColJ]

The Carebara diversa queens tend to like having dirt in  their test tube nest from what I read

 

 

 

 

MORE INFO

https://carebaradive...8/04/25/queens/

 

 

https://termitesanda...getons.html?m=1

Edited by CoolColJ, May 31 2018 - 10:57 PM.

[BeginnerAntKeeper]

The Carebara diversa queens tend to like having dirt in their test tube nest from what I read





MORE INFO
https://carebaradive...8/04/25/queens/




https://termitesanda...getons.html?m=1

Unfortunately the Carebara died...I will try to get a new one soon

Edited by BeginnerAntKeeper, June 3 2018 - 11:47 PM.

[BeginnerAntKeeper]

2nd queen
1. Location (on a map) of collection: Singapore
2. Date of collection: 17/4/2018
3. Habitat of collection: My house
4. Length (from head to gaster):0.7cm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: orange head and thorax, Gaster orange-brown
6. Distinguishing characteristics: Still has wings but they are tattered due to an accident
7. Distinguishing behavior: Hid underneath the damp cotton and set up nest there
8. Nest description: A test tube
9. Nuptial flight time and date: NA

The nanitics I think they are dark brown with black gasters
Also this colony needs a name

[BeginnerAntKeeper]

1. Location (on a map) of collection: Singapore
2. Date of collection: 7/7/2018
3. Habitat of collection: Public building
4. Length (from head to gaster): 1cm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: mostly black body, maroon legs, elbowed antennae
6. Distinguishing characteristics:
7. Distinguishing behavior: Slightly jumpy
8. Nest description:
9. Nuptial flight time and date:

Picture:
https://ibb.co/cx1TWo

Also her eggs are reddish colour

Edited by BeginnerAntKeeper, July 7 2018 - 10:19 PM.

[BeginnerAntKeeper]

1. Location (on a map) of collection: Singapore
2. Date of collection: 27/10/2018
3. Habitat of collection: Public building
4. Length (from head to gaster): 1cm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: Orange, Interesting gaster pattern
6. Distinguishing characteristics: Lively?
7. Distinguishing behavior:
8. Nest description:
9. Nuptial flight time and date:

Picture:
https://ibb.co/gqkYNf
https://ibb.co/hL2DNf
https://ibb.co/eZ8W8L
https://ibb.co/iKgjTL
https://ibb.co/mofYNf

Possibly paratopula occulata




I will be reusing this thread as a Thread to place ant IDs so all the IDs will be found in this thread.

Edited by BeginnerAntKeeper, November 2 2018 - 11:51 PM.