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Yes, they are very close!

You can’t see it in these photos, but the inner pupae has a darkened head and gaster, so probably in the next couple of days for that one.

Found in NSW, Australia. I can’t get the measurements until Thursday.

Hi all,

Just wanted to know if these two Pheidole were the invasive megaphacela!

Colony 1






Colony 2




Thanks a lot!

Cheers!

UPDATE I ended up misplacing the pupae, so the colony is still small for now. The are still growing though, with about 4-6 larave, 5 eggs, and a pupae. Now, photo time! https://i.imgur.com/EpVGwiM.jpg https://i.imgur.com/djTdslK.jpg Well, other than that, there is not anything else to report on. Ch...

UPDATE Hi all, The colony is going well so far. We are still at 1 Worker, but the brood has been developing nicely, and we should have another 2 workers in the next 2 weeks. The 6 eggs from the last post have grown into larave, the larave from before are just about ready to pupate, and the pupae fr...

Agreed

Update?

25 mm is fine!

Lol did I say first generation of workers? I meant first generation of eggs! XD

1 - Rainbow Ant (When in sun light they glow a purply green.)

2 - Just a regular sized test tube is fine, not to gigantic, not to small. (16 mm and above is fine)

3 - Theses ant have 2 - 3 nuptial flights a year. 1 in the beginning of spring, 1 in mid December, and 1 early March.