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Hello from Melbourne, Australia

Started By Buglet , Oct 17 2021 1:58 AM

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#1 Offline Buglet - Posted October 17 2021 - 1:58 AM

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Hello everyone! I am from Melbourne, Australia and like many of you are fascinated by ants. I do not keep them (At one stage I did keep an iridomyrmex colony) and instead enjoy photographing and researching them. Looking forward to meeting some fellow ant lovers. Here are some photos I have taken of ants in bushland near my home.

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#2 Offline JCRHJM - Posted October 17 2021 - 3:25 AM

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great pictures, the first one looks like myrmecia forficata?

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#3 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 17 2021 - 3:35 AM

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Those are superior!

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#4 Offline Buglet - Posted October 17 2021 - 3:46 AM

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great pictures, the first one looks like myrmecia forficata?

Hello! The first one is Myrmecia pyriformis. Simillar in appearence to forficata but the dorsal surface of the gaster and post petiole in pyriformis is covered in pubesence which is not present in forficata.

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#5 Offline Leptomyrmx - Posted October 17 2021 - 3:39 PM

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That's some awesome photography!

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My Ants:

Colonies: Camponotus humilior 1w, Opisthopsis rufithorax 11w, Aphaenogaster longiceps ~5w, Pheidole sp. ~235w ~15m, Iridomyrmex sp. 2q 1w, Brachyponera lutea 6w, Crematogaster sp. ~20w, Podomyrma sp. 1w

Queens: Polyrhachis cf. robinsoni, Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) sp. (likely infertile)

Previously Kept: Colobopsis gasseri, Technomyrmex sp., Rhytidoponera victorae, Nylanderia cf. rosae, Myrmecia brevinoda/forficata, Polyrhachis australis, Solenopsis/Monomorium

Key: Q = Queen, W = Worker, M = Major

Youtube Channel: Ants of Sydney - YouTube

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