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