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Ant ID (Malaysia, Late December, 10 January 2015)

Started By Etherwulf , Jan 10 2015 2:30 AM

Best Answer Etherwulf , February 5 2015 - 7:30 AM

All of these queens (or not) have been identified. I have edited the post accordingly.

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#1 Offline Etherwulf - Posted January 10 2015 - 2:30 AM

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Hi,

I caught these ants in late December in Johor, Malaysia and I'm looking for IDs.

Thanks in advance. .

All of them were caught after the recent rainstorms and a few (like the trapjaw) were just walking across my living room so I scooped them up in a pill bottle. Any additional

1. Suspected Nylanderia (5 millimeters) (Died but for the record, Paratrechina sp.)

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2. Trap Jaw Queen ( ~14 millimeters long) Odontomachus simillimus

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3. Suspected Solenopsis (12 millimeters, reddish head,) Solenopsis germinata

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4. Unknown ( 11.5 millimeters) Camponotus sp. worker

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5. Unknown (9-10 millimeters) (Keeled over and died )

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6. Unknown (6 millimeters) Paratrechina sp.

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7. Unknown (4mm) Pheidole sp01.

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Thank you.

P.S I apologise for the poor photos as I did not have my DSLR at that time so I used a point and shoot.

Edited by Etherwulf, February 5 2015 - 7:33 AM.

#2 Offline Servercheck - Posted January 10 2015 - 4:25 AM

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Welcome to this forum too!

Number 4 is a Camponotus sp. major worker, number 7 is probably a Pheidole queen, what's her size?

#3 Offline Alza - Posted January 10 2015 - 4:42 AM

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Number 7 looks like the other solenopsis to me, except without wings.

#4 Offline dean_k - Posted January 10 2015 - 8:09 AM

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All of them were caught after the recent rainstorms and a few (like the trapjaw) were just walking across my living room so I scooped them up in a pill bottle.

That statement could make a lot of ant keepers jealous. They just come to you.

#5 Offline Servercheck - Posted January 10 2015 - 8:19 AM

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Haha, it's pretty normal here in Malaysia, or any other country like Philippines or Thailand... I find most of my queens indoors as well, they just fly in due to the light.

#6 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted January 10 2015 - 12:55 PM

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7 appears to be Pheidole, 4 may just be a Camponotus major, instead of a queen. I do not know about the others though. Very jealous about the Odontomachus queen though!