Queen ant identification

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Chainsawer69
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Queen ant identification

Post: # 50154Post Chainsawer69
Wed Sep 12, 2018 11:08 pm

Hey so I've found what I'm hoping is my first queen ant! It'd be great if you ant pros could help me identify (a) if this in fact a queen ant, and (b) what species! To me it appears to be between 7 and 9mm in length.

Found: Australia, NSW, Newcastle university

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Chainsawer69
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Re: Queen ant identification

Post: # 50269Post Chainsawer69
Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:20 am

Answering my own question, I believe it is a queen of Iridomyrmex cf bicknelli, the common black pavement ant.

KhaoticAnts
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Re: Queen ant identification

Post: # 50759Post KhaoticAnts
Wed Sep 19, 2018 4:58 am

Hi mate,its most likely some sort of iridomyrmex like you've said the species is hard to determine for this genus simply because of how many species there are. I also study at the UON so i've been seeing a lot of these. There's a meat ant I. purpereus nest near the earth sciences building, if you have the time you should check it out, after some rain I think they should fly.

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