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Ant ID - Perth, Western Australia - 23/3/18

Started By PerthAntKeeper , Mar 23 2018 6:39 AM
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#1 Offline PerthAntKeeper - Posted March 23 2018 - 6:39 AM

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Location: Perth WA

Date of capture: Around the 14th of March, on a rainy day

Habitat: Found in backyard

Length: 7mm

Colour: Black with white/transparent? stripes on abdomen 

 

https://imgur.com/a/28Fsl

 

 

I'm new to ant keeping so sorry if I've left something out (and for images..)


Edited by PerthAntKeeper, March 24 2018 - 7:53 AM.

#2 Offline VoidElecent - Posted March 23 2018 - 6:42 AM

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Can you get some better pictures? We need to be able to see the ant's petiole nodes and defining features very clearly. Are you sure she is only four millimeters long?


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#3 Offline ZllGGY - Posted March 23 2018 - 7:06 AM

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Maybe some sort of Lasius sp.?


Colonies:

 

Founding:

Camponotus cf. Modoc

Camponotus cf. Herculeanus

 

Dream Ants:

 

Stenamma Diecki

Solenopsis Molesta

Manica Invidia

Camponotus Herculeanus

Lasius Latipes

Dorymyrmex Pyramicus

Tapinoma Sessile

#4 Offline PerthAntKeeper - Posted March 23 2018 - 7:16 AM

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I've tried to get better pictures but if I zoom in or move closer it never focuses.. So either my cameras phone is bad or my photography skills are, I'm gonna leave her for now because I'm stressing her.


#5 Offline ZllGGY - Posted March 23 2018 - 7:19 AM

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I've tried to get better pictures but if I zoom in or move closer it never focuses.. So either my cameras phone is bad or my photography skills are, I'm gonna leave her for now because I'm stressing her.

just go to some place where you can purchase a macro lens attatchment for your phone and that should work


Colonies:

 

Founding:

Camponotus cf. Modoc

Camponotus cf. Herculeanus

 

Dream Ants:

 

Stenamma Diecki

Solenopsis Molesta

Manica Invidia

Camponotus Herculeanus

Lasius Latipes

Dorymyrmex Pyramicus

Tapinoma Sessile

#6 Offline Phoenix - Posted March 23 2018 - 7:42 AM

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Pretty sure she's a Dolichoderinae, but that's all I can tell. 


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Colonies

Camponotus cf. albosparsus — Journal

Camponotus cf. auriventris — Journal
Camponotus sp.
Colobopsis spp.
Crematogaster sp.
Nylanderia sp. — Journal
Pheidole cf. parva
Solenopsis geminata — Journal
 

#7 Offline Miles - Posted March 23 2018 - 9:03 AM

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Maybe some sort of Lasius sp.?

 

Lasius is a genus of ants present in Asia, North America, and Europe, and is not represented in Australia.


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#8 Offline ZllGGY - Posted March 23 2018 - 9:53 AM

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Maybe some sort of Lasius sp.?

 

Lasius is a genus of ants present in Asia, North America, and Europe, and is not represented in Australia.

 

you sure? I'm seeing a lot of sites online, mainly pest control, about garden ants, Lasius Niger, being in australia


Edited by ZllGGY, March 23 2018 - 9:59 AM.

Colonies:

 

Founding:

Camponotus cf. Modoc

Camponotus cf. Herculeanus

 

Dream Ants:

 

Stenamma Diecki

Solenopsis Molesta

Manica Invidia

Camponotus Herculeanus

Lasius Latipes

Dorymyrmex Pyramicus

Tapinoma Sessile

#9 Offline Martialis - Posted March 23 2018 - 12:21 PM

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Maybe some sort of Lasius sp.?


Lasius is a genus of ants present in Asia, North America, and Europe, and is not represented in Australia.
you sure? I'm seeing a lot of sites online, mainly pest control, about garden ants, Lasius Niger, being in australia

This is not Lasius.

I agree with this being dolichoderine, but better pictures are needed for a more accurate ID.
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#10 Offline ZllGGY - Posted March 23 2018 - 12:28 PM

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well my semi educated guess was wrong so i concede to the more knowledgeable peers here


Colonies:

 

Founding:

Camponotus cf. Modoc

Camponotus cf. Herculeanus

 

Dream Ants:

 

Stenamma Diecki

Solenopsis Molesta

Manica Invidia

Camponotus Herculeanus

Lasius Latipes

Dorymyrmex Pyramicus

Tapinoma Sessile

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