Help Identifying Species

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Hitch3
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Help Identifying Species

Post: # 33812Post Hitch3
Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:48 am

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.

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Was thinking she was a species of Iridomymex, but i'm not sure.

Cheers! :D

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antnest8
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Re: Help Identifying Species

Post: # 33816Post antnest8
Sun Feb 04, 2018 11:55 am

i can't see the picture maybe it's just my computer but just a heads up.
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Re: Help Identifying Species

Post: # 33994Post Hitch3
Thu Feb 15, 2018 4:55 am

Hi,

Is this better?

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Re: Help Identifying Species

Post: # 34000Post Jadeninja9
Thu Feb 15, 2018 12:48 pm

Yeah it’s better but we need closer pictures cause it’s hard to tell the species from afar.
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Re: Help Identifying Species

Post: # 34001Post CherrieEvolved
Thu Feb 15, 2018 1:20 pm

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.
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Re: Help Identifying Species

Post: # 34021Post Hitch3
Fri Feb 16, 2018 3:14 pm

Ok, these are the best I could do without macro.

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Re: Help Identifying Species

Post: # 34022Post antnest8
Fri Feb 16, 2018 5:06 pm

your queens gaster has grown since the last picture!
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Re: Help Identifying Species

Post: # 34025Post Jadeninja9
Fri Feb 16, 2018 9:34 pm

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.
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Re: Help Identifying Species

Post: # 34051Post Hitch3
Sat Feb 17, 2018 10:20 pm

Jadeninja9 wrote:
Fri Feb 16, 2018 9:34 pm
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.
I actually think she may be Melophorus species 2.

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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Re: Help Identifying Species

Post: # 34052Post Hitch3
Sat Feb 17, 2018 10:21 pm

antnest8 wrote:
Fri Feb 16, 2018 5:06 pm
your queens gaster has grown since the last picture!
Yes, it has! She also started laying eggs almost straightaway!

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