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[Bcam43]

Hi all,

 

I've found another queen on our property today.

 

It's a little unusual in that its gaster is quite small and it really doesn't look like a queen. If it didn't have wings I would have assumed it was a worker. I also considered it being a wasp.

 

1. I found her in Panton Hill, Victoria, Australia in light bush/scrub. It was a warm humid day 29c.

2. Found on the 22nd February 2016
3. Found in light bushland/scrub.
4. She is 6mm long.
5. Her colour is dark brown to black. Her gaster is quite small in comparison to other queens I have.

 

 

Edited by Bcam43, February 22 2016 - 4:43 PM.

[Ants4fun]

It could be a parasitic queen?

[Bcam43]

It could be a parasitic queen?

Do you know a genus of parasitic queens in Australia?

[Ants4fun]

I am not sure of parasitic ants of Australia, but to me that looks like the genus Anonychomyrma or maybe Iridomyrmex.

[Jonathan21700]

It's better to place her in a open container and then make photos from above.

Edited by Jonathan21700, February 22 2016 - 12:41 PM.

[Del]

Hi Brendan, sorry to resurrect this old topic but did you ever find out what species this was? I've had some success raising three of these girls but no luck on an ID

Cheers,

Aidan

[Bcam43]

Hi Brendan, sorry to resurrect this old topic but did you ever find out what species this was? I've had some success raising three of these girls but no luck on an ID

Cheers,

Aidan

 

Unfortunately she died not long after I took this photo. I was never able to ID her. Have yours had nanitics yet?

[Canadian anter]

Male?

[James C. Trager]

Female, Formicinae,  Myrmecorhynchus or Notoncus.