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Started By Polyacanthus , Jul 3 2021 10:22 PM

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#1 Offline Polyacanthus - Posted July 3 2021 - 10:22 PM

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I was just reading the forum and she landed on my knee :D Indoors too. What are the odds?

I was like what the heck, that looks like a tiny queen!

Maybe 3mm if she's lucky. Never seen one so small. Photo with toothpick for reference.

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#2 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted July 3 2021 - 10:25 PM

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Temnothorax sp. Not an expert on non- southeast asian species so this is a guess

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#3 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 4 2021 - 2:07 AM

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Temnothorax for sure.
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#4 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted July 4 2021 - 6:38 AM

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It could be T. ambiguus or T. curvispinosus. I don't know how to tell them apart, though.


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