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Indonesia, Central Java, Semarang 08/07/2021

Started By StevenAG , Jul 8 2021 1:25 AM

Best Answer ANTS_KL , July 8 2021 - 1:26 AM

Those queens are alates so they can't reproduce. They will die eventually. Those are Camponotus irritans

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#1 Offline StevenAG - Posted July 8 2021 - 1:25 AM

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1. Indonesia, Central Java, Semarang, In a park.

2. 08/07/2021 16:22 WIB, 7+UTC

3. in a park.
4. worker : 10-12mm

Queen : 15-20mm

5. black head & thorax & abdomen
6. very big ant
7. there is 2 queen
8. under a branch with some eggs and a few worker

9. i don't know.

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#2 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted July 8 2021 - 1:26 AM Best Answer

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Those queens are alates so they can't reproduce. They will die eventually. Those are Camponotus irritans

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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Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus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 Manitobant - Posted July 8 2021 - 9:22 AM

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Camponotus with 2 virgin alate queens. I would just release them where you found them, as they are infertile and won’t lay eggs. Its the wingless queens that you need to look for in colonies, however catching winged queens far away from a nest during nuptial flight is recommended, as they may be fertile.

Edited by Manitobant, July 8 2021 - 9:27 AM.