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Definitely. Its 5mm long, (measured after posting) but nothing I can do about better pics at the moment sorry. Looking for weeks and 4 in 2 days... the odds huh? Lol yea it's all about luck, timing and knowledge. The queen i found was almost exactly 5mm long as well. I found mine at night did you? ...

can't help with this one, i'm trying to identify a similar genus/species.
A few things that might help others identify this is, 1) how long it is, 2) a few better photos.

i'd say it's a species iridomyrmex but i'm not to sure. From my experience with a iridomyrmex bicknelli they like it a little dry and are a great beginner species in my opinion.

hello, I found this queen at night after some heavy monsoonal rain. She is aprox 5mm long.
https://imgur.com/a/27Ko27R

hmm, you could try get them to move back into the test tube if you are super worried but i say just leave them for now. A thing you should do is plug a test tube into one of the things for vinyl tubing. This way if the ground does get dry they have somewhere to store the most important members of th...

tbh i'm not to knowledgeable in pheidole Queens either. But with looking at pictures of Queens on the internet, they all seem to have a few more nodes attaching her gaster to her thorax. To get better identification i would need a side angle of the Queen. The Queen should not be a meat ant as the he...

the smaller one looks to be Iridomyrmex bicknelli. the larger 2 i'm not exactly sure, but if i were to guess they would be part of the Iridomyrmex genus possibly iridomyrmex purpureus. do you know how long they are?

Hello, Just found a few of these ant queens during nuptial flight today, the weather conditions is rainy and it was found at Tamborine Mountain, Queensland, Australia. I was wondering if anyone could help me identify the species of this queen. I have seen photo's occasionally pop up when looking at...

upload your pics here on this website and paste the url on your post: https://imgur.com/upload
eg: https://imgur.com/a/9fgrLmp
or https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=162

Hey guys, just got my first Queen. My son found it, not Sure what species she is yet but shes tiny. Anyway; after shes been in the tube for about 1/2 an hour (as ive been excitedly preparing what i thought i needed for her) i notice she wasnt moving at all. My heart sunk and i was getting ready to ...