Ant ID NSW, Australia

[Aussie]

Mate you have some balls to be collecting those bull ant workers, you'll know it when they get a hold of you!

[Aussie]

Also the two queens that you have I also have and I was wondering what they were!

Both had their nuptial flights during the same week and I caught 2 of each species.

I had no idea what your queen 1 was however I though they may have been pavement ants and I mixed the two queens which luckily for me worked out as they are both happily taking care of a massive amount of brood.

Your queen 2 I think is a Meat Ant queen, which are very common in Australia.

[Batspiderfish]

You need to make an ID request if you want to take a shot at identifying your queens. There is a lot of confusion between dolichoderines like Iridomyrmex (meat ants) / Odontomachus, and formicines like Nylanderia / Prolasius.

[KhaoticAnts]

http://imgur.com/a/vXgMa
this is a worker ant i caught about a month ago that I have since released if im right which im probably not its Camponotus armstrongi which is why i need batspiderfish's judgement

[KhaoticAnts]

http://imgur.com/a/mub6F
this is another queen i found tonight after going through the antwiki keys it looks like an Arnoldius sp. but i cant quite be sure

[shaky33]

http://imgur.com/a/mub6F
this is another queen i found tonight after going through the antwiki keys it looks like an Arnoldius sp. but i cant quite be sure

Arnoldius Pusillus?

[Batspiderfish]

You must always include a measurement in mm!

[KhaoticAnts]

sorry both the queens i caught are 9mm long

[KhaoticAnts]

and the worker ant was 15-20mm

[shaky33]

sorry both the queens i caught are 9mm long

Too big too be Arnoldius actually.