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Myrmecia sp.

Started By Mathiacus , Nov 26 2014 12:13 AM

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#1 Offline Mathiacus - Posted November 26 2014 - 12:13 AM

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Posted Imagequeen about 25 mm long. Around an inch.
Posted Imagequeen and worker. Worker 20 mm.

New south wales australia. Sand mound. Brownish blackish almost green head and thorax. Shiny black gaster with a brownish reddish yellowish tip. Bottom half of legs brown mandibles and antennae same colour as legs. Did not display "hopping" or jumping. Saw us from about 1.5 meters away.

#2 Offline drtrmiller - Posted November 26 2014 - 12:27 AM

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Wow. Those are majestic.  

 

Are you sure they're just not a timid Myrmecia pilosula?  Younger, incipient colonies of many ant species are not as aggressive as when they become older.  Appearance and anatomy will trump behavior, in most all cases of ant ID.




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#3 Offline Mathiacus - Posted November 26 2014 - 12:28 AM

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The pilosula is listed as way too small to be these. Worker 12-14 mm

#4 Offline Mathiacus - Posted November 26 2014 - 12:32 AM

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Posted Image best closeup I could get. Maybe tooth shape helps? Looks a lot like forficata

#5 Offline drtrmiller - Posted November 26 2014 - 12:35 AM

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Ahh yes, these are rather larger.  Trying to find a comparison image for the mandible.




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#6 Offline drtrmiller - Posted November 26 2014 - 12:38 AM

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This is Myrmecia forficata, C/O www.antweb.org


Edited by drtrmiller, November 26 2014 - 12:45 AM.



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#7 Offline Mathiacus - Posted November 26 2014 - 12:47 AM

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Got it. Myrmecia tarsata

#8 Offline drtrmiller - Posted November 26 2014 - 12:53 AM

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Ahh interesting!  So apparently these have gamergates, wherein the workers will spar for reproductive rights.




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#9 Offline Mathiacus - Posted November 26 2014 - 1:04 AM

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Yes, in the absence of a queen. But she is present.

#10 Offline dspdrew - Posted November 26 2014 - 6:39 AM

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Those things are awesome.


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#11 Offline Mathiacus - Posted November 26 2014 - 6:49 AM

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You can hear them moving in the box. It is insane how much noise they make!

#12 Offline Crablord - Posted November 27 2014 - 4:01 AM

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So if the queen dies one will turn into one?
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