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[Bcam43]

Hi all,

 

Sorry to spam the forum but I've had a lot of success finding queens lately.

 

I have 3 more queens that I would like to identify to help me care for them properly.

 

1st Queen 

 

 

1. I found her in Panton Hill, Victoria, Australia in light bush/scrub. It was a warm day 32c.

2. Found on the 26th January 2016
3. Found in light bushland/scrub.
4. She is 8mm long.
5. Her colour is a light brown head and abdomen. Her gaster is black.

 

 

2nd Queen

 

 

1. I found her in Panton Hill, Victoria, Australia in light bush/scrub. It was a warm day 32c.

2. Found on the 26th January 2016
3. Found in light bushland/scrub.
4. She is 7mm long.
5. Her colour is a medium brown throughout. She appears to have a light brown coloured spot on the back of her abdomen

 

 

3rd Queen

 

I'm fairly sure this is a Camponotus consobrinus but would like confirmation. She is 15mm long.

 

[dspdrew]

That Camponotus has some cool colors.

[Mdrogun]

Could the two top queens be Melophorus? They look similar to the queen in this journal:

 

http://www.formicult...-sp/#entry31232

[antmaniac]

The second queen looks like the one I caught. Then the first one looks more like the Melophorus sp. due to the colouring I observed from the workers. Maybe one of them is Melophorus sp.

[Bcam43]

The second queen looks like the one I caught. Then the first one looks more like the Melophorus sp. due to the colouring I observed from the workers. Maybe one of them is Melophorus sp.

 

Yes, the first one looks exactly like the workers in your thread. Is yours Melophorus?

[antmaniac]

 

The second queen looks like the one I caught. Then the first one looks more like the Melophorus sp. due to the colouring I observed from the workers. Maybe one of them is Melophorus sp.

 

Yes, the first one looks exactly like the workers in your thread. Is yours Melophorus?

 

Well, I need to confirm once the new brood hatches. I have brood boosted mine with brood from Melophorus. So far the queen looks after them well and the workers getting along with the queen. But I always doubting the colour of the queen is bit dull to be the same species. Please also check your queen's brood and workers, hopefully the the new workers will verify these.

[Bcam43]

 

 

The second queen looks like the one I caught. Then the first one looks more like the Melophorus sp. due to the colouring I observed from the workers. Maybe one of them is Melophorus sp.

 

Yes, the first one looks exactly like the workers in your thread. Is yours Melophorus?

 

Well, I need to confirm once the new brood hatches. I have brood boosted mine with brood from Melophorus. So far the queen looks after them well and the workers getting along with the queen. But I always doubting the colour of the queen is bit dull to be the same species. Please also check your queen's brood and workers, hopefully the the new workers will verify these.

 

 

Interesting.

 

I'm going to put the first one down to Melophorus constans until the workers hatch.

The second I believe is Melophorus iridescens fraudatrix. Again we won't know until the workers hatch.

 

I'll let you know how I go.