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Ant photography thread

Started By Billy , Sep 9 2015 7:47 AM

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#681 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted December 26 2021 - 7:48 PM

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A Platythrea sp. Queen that I saw in my backyard the other night in Qld. This is only the second one that I have seen.

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#682 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted December 27 2021 - 8:32 AM

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My first Polyrhachis phryne from the Glasshouse Mountains, Qld. I had to be quick as this ant disappeared as soon as the photo was taken.

Great shot! (y)


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#683 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted December 27 2021 - 8:37 AM

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A Platythrea sp. Queen that I saw in my backyard the other night in Qld. This is only the second one that I have seen.

Is it light reflection or are this species legs banded? It looks like there’s alternate banding of brown and off-white. 


#684 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted December 27 2021 - 12:39 PM

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A Platythrea sp. Queen that I saw in my backyard the other night in Qld. This is only the second one that I have seen.

Is it light reflection or are this species legs banded? It looks like there’s alternate banding of brown and off-white. 

 

I think it is light reflection. I still haven't got a decent diffuser for my flash which causes a lot of reflection. Here is another photo which might help.

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#685 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted December 27 2021 - 10:14 PM

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A Rhytidoponera anceps. Since moving back to Qld I am finding these ants quite often on bushwalks,

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#686 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted December 28 2021 - 7:31 PM

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Today I saw a Polyrhachis hookeri and a Rhytidoponera metallica hanging around the same tree. I quite often see these two ants in the same area. I can never get great photos of them because they are quite shiny.

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#687 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted December 29 2021 - 7:44 PM

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These are all Polyrhachis hookeri. If you are really lucky sometimes you can find a purple coloured variation of P. hookeri. I have found two and both were in the same patch of bushland in Landsborough, Qld. I saw my first purple P. hookeri about 11 months ago and today I saw my second. I still couldn't get a decent photo of it though. 

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#688 Offline PaigeX - Posted December 30 2021 - 1:53 PM

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WOW! that's so cool! Polyrhachis hookeri is already on my list of most wanted and to just think there are two colours out there is like an added excitement.  


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#689 Offline Leptomyrmx - Posted December 30 2021 - 2:47 PM

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These are all Polyrhachis hookeri. If you are really lucky sometimes you can find a purple coloured variation of P. hookeri. I have found two and both were in the same patch of bushland in Landsborough, Qld. I saw my first purple P. hookeri about 11 months ago and today I saw my second. I still couldn't get a decent photo of it though. 

I think I saw a purple P. hookeri once. Also a black Polyrhachis ammon and a gold Rhytidoponera metallica. If I ever get a hookeri colony I'd like to see the green-purple ratio.


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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

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#690 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted December 30 2021 - 5:14 PM

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A gorgeous Spider Ant that I saw this morning in Dularcha N.P. in Qld. I think it is Leptomyrmex rufipes. Always a thrill to find these ants in the bush. Hopefully one day I will find a colony.

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#691 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted December 31 2021 - 10:07 PM

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A Polyrhachis erato that I saw a couple of days ago on the Sunshine Coast, Qld. There are an incredible amount of different Polyrhachis species in this part of Australia.

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#692 Offline PaigeX - Posted January 1 2022 - 12:28 AM

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Its also amazing your able to find them! Amazing Picture again. I love it <3


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Favourite Genus: Polyrhachis 

 
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#693 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted January 1 2022 - 8:09 PM

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A species of Solanopsis that I saw in NSW on a road trip. I love the look of these ants and wish I could find more.

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#694 Offline PaigeX - Posted January 2 2022 - 9:40 AM

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Really? They have sprung out all around my house and I have to be careful they don't crawl on me and sting. They weren't here as much until the rains hit and then they all started to come out.
And just so readers know. They don't make sand hills, they have nest entrances like the black crazy ants. You really have to look for them in some cases.


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Favourite Genus: Polyrhachis 

 
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#695 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted January 2 2022 - 6:08 PM

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Really? They have sprung out all around my house and I have to be careful they don't crawl on me and sting. They weren't here as much until the rains hit and then they all started to come out.
And just so readers know. They don't make sand hills, they have nest entrances like the black crazy ants. You really have to look for them in some cases.

I haven't seen any in my area. 


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#696 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted January 2 2022 - 6:13 PM

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I saw this hairy looking ant this morning in Dularcha N.P. in Qld. It is a Calomyrmex albopilosus and I think they look incfedible.

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#697 Offline antsriondel - Posted January 3 2022 - 7:17 AM

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I saw this hairy looking ant this morning in Dularcha N.P. in Qld. It is a Calomyrmex albopilosus and I think they look incfedible.

wow, just wow


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#698 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted January 3 2022 - 1:35 PM

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I had a good find yesterday morning. I came across a small colony of Mesoponera australis. I had never heard of these ants before but they are a new favourite now. I was disappointed in how the photos came out so I will go back in a few weeks and hopefully get better shots and try and film the colony.

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#699 Offline NicholasP - Posted January 3 2022 - 2:23 PM

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Some of these pictures I'm about to post are not ants in the wild but I think I should post them nonetheless.

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#700 Offline NicholasP - Posted January 3 2022 - 2:27 PM

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The first picture is a Neivamyrmex Texanus queen my friend and I found.

 

The second picture is of my Polyergus Mexicanus I used to keep.

 

And the third picture is from a few months ago but it is my Liometopum Apiculatum.


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