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Started By Baconsforsaken , Aug 27 2020 9:46 PM

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#1 Offline Baconsforsaken - Posted August 27 2020 - 9:46 PM

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Hi all
Seeking assistance in identification of these ants
Caught in Cairns Queensland in the garden
Very small ants
I put the test tube in afterwards and one queen Ant seems to be in there already with eggs that were taken when I caught the queen's

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Edited by Baconsforsaken, August 27 2020 - 9:49 PM.

#2 Offline Martialis - Posted August 27 2020 - 9:56 PM

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Well, she's an ant. Better pics for a better ID


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#3 Offline Baconsforsaken - Posted August 27 2020 - 10:10 PM

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I am trying they are so fast
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#4 Offline Baconsforsaken - Posted August 27 2020 - 10:36 PM

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More pics hope this helps

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#5 Offline Antkid12 - Posted August 28 2020 - 3:40 AM

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Nylanderia sp?


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Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#6 Offline Baconsforsaken - Posted August 28 2020 - 3:51 AM

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The queen's or I think they are queen's aren't much bigger than the workers.
Thy are all black with light rigs around the gaster. Seems like three queen's and one male elate
I'll look up your suggestion and see if they match. Really appreciate the help

#7 Offline TechAnt - Posted August 28 2020 - 6:22 AM

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Nylanderia sp?


I second this honestly.
My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#8 Offline Manitobant - Posted August 28 2020 - 9:53 AM

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Not nylanderia, but paratrechina longicornis. This species creates huge polygynous colonies and can mate in the nest by double cloning. This is a dream species of mine so good luck with them!
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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/

#9 Offline zantezaint - Posted August 28 2020 - 10:00 AM

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Nice. You have inbreeders, aka immortal colony.


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4 x Solenopsis xyloni (Fire ant) colonies.

2 x Veromessor andrei (Seed-harvester ant) colonies.

19 x Pogonomyrmex subnitidus (Seed-harvester ant) colonies + 3 x Pogonomyrmex (ID uncertain) colonies

16 x Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) colonies.

1 x Unknown Formicidae colony.

1 x Tapinoma sessile (Odorous house ant) colony.

1 x Camponotus fragilis (Carpenter/wood ant) colony + 1 x Camponotus sansabeanus (Carpenter/wood ant) colony.

1 x Solenopsis molesta (Thief ant) colony.

#10 Offline Antkid12 - Posted August 28 2020 - 10:05 AM

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Not nylanderia, but paratrechina longicornis. This species creates huge polygynous colonies and can mate in the nest by double cloning. This is a dream species of mine so good luck with them!

That was my second guess.


Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

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