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As far as I know some ants will adjust and some will be stubborn.

G'day all, Quick warning this will be a long post and will be pic heavy... After starting my Iridomyrmex purpureus colony with a single wild queen caught in late August. I had thought about keeping the colony in a Naturalistic setup, unlike the usual nest and outworld. After 3 months and 20ish worke...

Never really thought about it as it takes many years to get any sort of a decent size colony, I have also heard many people end up releasing their colony's and restarting fresh wth a new queen

I believe that it is Mrymicine phediole, common in Melbourne.

This bloke (from Melbourne) has a colony and a series about them.

https://youtu.be/IMK9sPd-I7Q

I know this is a little old but I really want to start a colony of these and there are many around my house so I did a bit of research and found out the same thing. I also read that queens are extremely rare and becoming more rare each year, apparently most colonies in the wild are actually queen le...

Thanks all!

Hello everyone, While walking around on my driveway I noticed this dead queen in the corner of my eye. Could anyone ID it for me? Length: 1cm Location found: Australia, NSW East Coast Also can anyone tell me if it is noxious in Australia? And would it be worth putting it in a test tube setup for a w...

Bloody hell that's an absolutely massive!

Looks exactly like mine which I think is a Meat Ant...

Woops!

I believe I have posted this in the wrong section mods?