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[kevinchar]

Location of collection: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Date of collection: Early of May 2021

Habitat of collection: Rainforest

Length (from head to gaster): Queen: 13mm, Worker: 6.5mm

Color, hue, pattern and texture: Brownish yellow & shiny for worker. Brownish black, hairy & shiny for queen. (English is not my mother tongue, color description may not accurate.)

Distinguishing characteristics:  Egg to larva to cocoon then to ant. For queen, I don't see any petiole, just a thorn from thorax.

Distinguishing behavior: The queen will have rest period for egg laying. When being disturbed, the worker ants will show random sign of spasm (ant will suddenly lean forward and backward rapidly).

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[ANTS_KL]

Location of collection: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Date of collection: Early of May 2021
Habitat of collection: Rainforest
Length (from head to gaster): Queen: 13mm, Worker: 6.5mm
Color, hue, pattern and texture: Brownish yellow & shiny for worker. Brownish black, hairy & shiny for queen. (English is not my mother tongue, color description may not accurate.)
Distinguishing characteristics: Egg to larva to cocoon then to ant. For queen, I don't see any petiole, just a thorn from thorax.
Distinguishing behavior: The queen will have rest period for egg laying. When being disturbed, the worker ants will show random sign of spasm (ant will suddenly lean forward and backward rapidly).
Photos:

Hey fellow Malaysian! I see that looks like Camponotus irritans. May I ask how do you find them?

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[SYUTEO]

All of them is definitely Camponotus irritans. And woah, you have a LOT of them.

 

ANTS_KL, you can find Camponotus queens already mated in the morning at around 6:00-9:00 A.M but their nuptial flights usually begin at around 7:00-9:00 P.M. And of course it depends on species.

[kevinchar]

Hey ANTS_KL! Haha... Very happy to see another Malaysian fellow here~

I found it in my room, on the floor indeed. Because my house is near to the forest, I think she flew in by herself.

 

I think your ID is quite accurate. Google image shows similar ant photos. Maybe I should wait for more people to reply before I mark it as solved?

 

By the way, on your Youtube channel, I subscribed!

[kevinchar]

All of them is definitely Camponotus irritans. And woah, you have a LOT of them.

 

ANTS_KL, you can find Camponotus queens already mated in the morning at around 6:00-9:00 A.M but their nuptial flights usually begin at around 7:00-9:00 P.M. And of course it depends on species.

Since you currently having Camponotus irritans by yourself and can easily identify mine as well. I think I should mark it as solved.

 

My first colony ever and I'm living in excitement everday~ XD

[SYUTEO]

 

All of them is definitely Camponotus irritans. And woah, you have a LOT of them.

 

ANTS_KL, you can find Camponotus queens already mated in the morning at around 6:00-9:00 A.M but their nuptial flights usually begin at around 7:00-9:00 P.M. And of course it depends on species.

Since you currently having Camponotus irritans by yourself and can easily identify mine as well. I think I should mark it as solved.

 

My first colony ever and I'm living in excitement everday~ XD

 

Good luck with those colonies! Mine sadly has mites

[ANTS_KL]

Hey ANTS_KL! Haha... Very happy to see another Malaysian fellow here~
I found it in my room, on the floor indeed. Because my house is near to the forest, I think she flew in by herself.

I think your ID is quite accurate. Google image shows similar ant photos. Maybe I should wait for more people to reply before I mark it as solved?

By the way, on your Youtube channel, I subscribed!

Thanks!!

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[ANTS_KL]

All of them is definitely Camponotus irritans. And woah, you have a LOT of them.

ANTS_KL, you can find Camponotus queens already mated in the morning at around 6:00-9:00 A.M but their nuptial flights usually begin at around 7:00-9:00 P.M. And of course it depends on species.

Ahh dang. I can't go out that early or my parents will come. Do you just find them walking around?

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[SYUTEO]

 

All of them is definitely Camponotus irritans. And woah, you have a LOT of them.

ANTS_KL, you can find Camponotus queens already mated in the morning at around 6:00-9:00 A.M but their nuptial flights usually begin at around 7:00-9:00 P.M. And of course it depends on species.

Ahh dang. I can't go out that early or my parents will come. Do you just find them walking around?

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I went out to a nearby park to go look for them. lol. It usually depends on species, for C. parius you go look for them as early as 8:00 A.M and as late as 6:00 P.M, though most of the queens are found somewhere between 9:00 A.M and 3:00 P.M. For C. irritans and C.albosparsus, they start flying as soon as the sun went down, usually it's 7:00 P.M and continue flying until 7:00 A.M, in my experience, I usually find them between 8:00 P:M-9:00 P:M at night and 9:00 A:M-12:00 P:M (C. irritans only) in the morning. Hope you can find them too!