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ID Request - Bali, Indonesia

Started By ANTndonesia , Feb 18 2019 5:40 PM

Best Answer Ants4fun , February 18 2019 - 7:50 PM

Maybe Paratrechina longicornis? Go to the full post


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#1 Offline ANTndonesia - Posted February 18 2019 - 5:40 PM

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Found this in my garden, under concrete block, inside soil.
Got 2 queens and around 300 workers.

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Edited by ANTndonesia, February 18 2019 - 5:41 PM.

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Polyrhachis dives. I 5 Queens, 83 Workers. << This colony keep biting and pulling 2 of their queens from the nest, so i decided to get them out. P. Dives III and P. Dives IV.

Polyrhachis dives. II 1 Queen, 16 Workers. First egg February 12th 2019.
Polyrhachis dives. III 1 Queen, First egg May 15th 2019.
Polyrhachis dives. IV 1 Unfertilized Queen.

#2 Offline Martialis - Posted February 18 2019 - 6:06 PM

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Measurements are needed. (Length of the queen or workers)


Edited by Martialis, February 18 2019 - 6:06 PM.

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#3 Offline ANTndonesia - Posted February 18 2019 - 6:19 PM

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Measurements are needed. (Length of the queen or workers)

Head to abdomen.
Largest workers are around 3mm.
Queen 6mm.

Technomyrmex?


Edited by ANTndonesia, February 18 2019 - 6:53 PM.

Polyrhachis dives. I 5 Queens, 83 Workers. << This colony keep biting and pulling 2 of their queens from the nest, so i decided to get them out. P. Dives III and P. Dives IV.

Polyrhachis dives. II 1 Queen, 16 Workers. First egg February 12th 2019.
Polyrhachis dives. III 1 Queen, First egg May 15th 2019.
Polyrhachis dives. IV 1 Unfertilized Queen.

#4 Offline Ants4fun - Posted February 18 2019 - 7:50 PM   Best Answer

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Maybe Paratrechina longicornis?
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#5 Offline ANTndonesia - Posted February 18 2019 - 8:22 PM

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It is, thanks!


Edited by ANTndonesia, February 18 2019 - 8:25 PM.

Polyrhachis dives. I 5 Queens, 83 Workers. << This colony keep biting and pulling 2 of their queens from the nest, so i decided to get them out. P. Dives III and P. Dives IV.

Polyrhachis dives. II 1 Queen, 16 Workers. First egg February 12th 2019.
Polyrhachis dives. III 1 Queen, First egg May 15th 2019.
Polyrhachis dives. IV 1 Unfertilized Queen.

#6 Offline Manitobant - Posted February 19 2019 - 3:02 PM

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Black crazy ants are very easy to keep and grow very fast. They can also clone themselves to create more queens if needed.
My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#7 Offline ANTndonesia - Posted February 19 2019 - 3:47 PM

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seems like they don't need much of protein.
they are feeding frenzy on sweets.


Polyrhachis dives. I 5 Queens, 83 Workers. << This colony keep biting and pulling 2 of their queens from the nest, so i decided to get them out. P. Dives III and P. Dives IV.

Polyrhachis dives. II 1 Queen, 16 Workers. First egg February 12th 2019.
Polyrhachis dives. III 1 Queen, First egg May 15th 2019.
Polyrhachis dives. IV 1 Unfertilized Queen.

#8 Offline Ants4fun - Posted February 19 2019 - 4:02 PM

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Black crazy ants are very easy to keep and grow very fast. They can also clone themselves to create more queens if needed.


I don't know about that haha. Have you kept them before?

I had a colony in Costa Rica. It was super hard to keep them contained, they would not accept food very much, and they did not grow very well at all. Maybe it's just me, but I did not think they were all that easy.

#9 Offline ANTndonesia - Posted February 19 2019 - 4:12 PM

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Black crazy ants are very easy to keep and grow very fast. They can also clone themselves to create more queens if needed.


I don't know about that haha. Have you kept them before?

I had a colony in Costa Rica. It was super hard to keep them contained, they would not accept food very much, and they did not grow very well at all. Maybe it's just me, but I did not think they were all that easy.

 

Yes, they ignored the food and goes for the sugar water! LOL


Polyrhachis dives. I 5 Queens, 83 Workers. << This colony keep biting and pulling 2 of their queens from the nest, so i decided to get them out. P. Dives III and P. Dives IV.

Polyrhachis dives. II 1 Queen, 16 Workers. First egg February 12th 2019.
Polyrhachis dives. III 1 Queen, First egg May 15th 2019.
Polyrhachis dives. IV 1 Unfertilized Queen.

#10 Offline Manitobant - Posted February 20 2019 - 12:20 PM

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Queens can double clone to create genetic copies of themselves and their mate to avoid inbreeding from mating in the nest video:

Edited by Manitobant, February 20 2019 - 12:21 PM.

My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#11 Offline Manitobant - Posted February 20 2019 - 12:27 PM

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Black crazy ants are very easy to keep and grow very fast. They can also clone themselves to create more queens if needed.


I don't know about that haha. Have you kept them before?
I had a colony in Costa Rica. It was super hard to keep them contained, they would not accept food very much, and they did not grow very well at all. Maybe it's just me, but I did not think they were all that easy.
by easy i meant that they are forgiving to mistakes and it takes a lot to kill them.
My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#12 Offline Canadian anter - Posted February 20 2019 - 1:02 PM

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Paratrechina are like Tapinoma or Linepithma. They require a ton of diversity in terms of food it seems.
Visit us at www.canada-ant-colony.com !

#13 Offline Martialis - Posted February 25 2019 - 5:55 AM

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Paratrechina are like Tapinoma or Linepithma. They require a ton of diversity in terms of food it seems.

Require? I don't think they would have become invasive in so many places if they did.


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