Help Identifying Species
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Help Identifying Species
Hi,
Caught this queen today along with another identical other.
She is roughly 5 mm, and is small and black.
She was caught at about 9 o'clock in the morning on a 26 (Celsius) degree day, one day after rain.
Was thinking she was a species of Iridomymex, but i'm not sure.
Cheers!
Caught this queen today along with another identical other.
She is roughly 5 mm, and is small and black.
She was caught at about 9 o'clock in the morning on a 26 (Celsius) degree day, one day after rain.
Was thinking she was a species of Iridomymex, but i'm not sure.
Cheers!
Re: Help Identifying Species
i can't see the picture maybe it's just my computer but just a heads up.
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Queen Hunting
How To Identify Ants
Re: Help Identifying Species
Hi,
Is this better?
Is this better?
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Re: Help Identifying Species
Yeah it’s better but we need closer pictures cause it’s hard to tell the species from afar.
Keeper of:
1x Camponotus Hyatti
1x Lasius alienus colonies
1x Tetramorium immigrans
1x Camponotus Hyatti
1x Lasius alienus colonies
1x Tetramorium immigrans
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Re: Help Identifying Species
Need a Macro camera or lens attachment for us to really be able to tell. However can eliminate a lot, as 5mm is very small for a queen. Definitely not camponotus, formica, lasius (i believe). Hurry up on that picture and we can get more for ya! =). Some identification needs to see the hairs coming off of the ant's face, just to give you an idea what we need to be able to see in the pic.
Keeper of:
Formica Sp
Myrmica Sp
Founding:
4x Formica Sp
1x Camponotus Sp
Formica Sp
Myrmica Sp
Founding:
4x Formica Sp
1x Camponotus Sp
Re: Help Identifying Species
Ok, these are the best I could do without macro.
Re: Help Identifying Species
your queens gaster has grown since the last picture!
Some of My Informative Sheets
https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=19099
Includes :
https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=19099
Includes :
- Ant Care Sheets
Queen Hunting
How To Identify Ants
- Jadeninja9
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Re: Help Identifying Species
I just realized you're from Australia. I'm not good with ants that are not from North America, but I think you may be right with Iridomyrmex.
Keeper of:
1x Camponotus Hyatti
1x Lasius alienus colonies
1x Tetramorium immigrans
1x Camponotus Hyatti
1x Lasius alienus colonies
1x Tetramorium immigrans
Re: Help Identifying Species
I actually think she may be Melophorus species 2.Jadeninja9 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2018 9:34 pmI just realized you're from Australia. I'm not good with ants that are not from North America, but I think you may be right with Iridomyrmex.
Go to the ants Australia shop and go to queen ants for sale. Scroll down till you see the Melophorus species queen. Compare it to the Iridomyrmex queen. My one looks a lot more like the Melophorus queen than the Iridomyrmex queen.
I have 5 Iridomyrmex Bicknelli queens that all look different to the two new ones under question.
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