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From Indonesia with love

Started By ANTndonesia , Feb 13 2019 7:27 PM

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#1 Offline ANTndonesia - Posted February 13 2019 - 7:27 PM

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Hello guys,

I'm from Bali, Indonesia and new to antkeeping.

You can check out my collection here.
I have no idea what species they are, i only know Polyrhachis Dives.

Please be kind and help me out.
:drinks:

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Polyrhachis dives. I 5 Queens, 83 Workers. << This colony keep biting and pulling 2 of their queens from the nest, so i decided to get them out. P. Dives III and P. Dives IV.

Polyrhachis dives. II 1 Queen, 16 Workers. First egg February 12th 2019.
Polyrhachis dives. III 1 Queen, First egg May 15th 2019.
Polyrhachis dives. IV 1 Unfertilized Queen.

#2 Offline Ants4fun - Posted February 13 2019 - 7:45 PM

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Welcome to the forum. The Ant Keeping Guide for Beginners is a great place to start getting information. http://www.formicult...-for-beginners/

#3 Offline Leo - Posted February 13 2019 - 8:13 PM

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Hello from China!

#4 Offline Manitobant - Posted February 14 2019 - 1:50 PM

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Welcome to the forums! The ant in the fifth picture is probably solenopsis geminata, an extremely aggressive and fast growing species. Indonesia has a crazy amount of ant diversity that most of us could only dream of. Look out for oecophylla smaragdina, an amazing species that uses silk to make nests out of leaves. Also look for carebara diversa, a species with striking polymorphism. They are hard to get past the founding stage though. Odontomachus and Odontoponera are two very unique semi claustral species with the former having spring loaded jaws that can snap shut very quickly. Dinomyrmex gigas is one of the largest ants in the world that can be found in Indonesia. They do grow very slow however. lastly here is an interesting video that shows some really cool ant species that can be found in Bali:https://youtu.be/yX-vOW9EFGQ

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My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#5 Offline ANTndonesia - Posted February 14 2019 - 2:44 PM

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Hello Manitobant, I'm more excited for the exploding Colobopsis saundersi in borneo.
I'm going slow for new collection, because i'm still new to this stuff but I'm looking forward for the species you mentioned.

Edited by ANTndonesia, February 19 2019 - 2:17 AM.

Polyrhachis dives. I 5 Queens, 83 Workers. << This colony keep biting and pulling 2 of their queens from the nest, so i decided to get them out. P. Dives III and P. Dives IV.

Polyrhachis dives. II 1 Queen, 16 Workers. First egg February 12th 2019.
Polyrhachis dives. III 1 Queen, First egg May 15th 2019.
Polyrhachis dives. IV 1 Unfertilized Queen.

#6 Offline Leo - Posted February 14 2019 - 3:20 PM

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oecophylla smaragdina, an amazing species that uses silk to make nests out of leaves. Also look for carebara diversa, a species with striking polymorphism. They are hard to get past the founding stage though.

Oecophylla aren't actually that hard to raise, you just need a fertile queen. As for the carebara, that's a little harder.