New ant ID, is it Big head ants?

Help with identifying the species your ants

Moderator: ooper01

Post Reply
lcc850417
Posts: 2
Joined: Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:56 am
Location: Malaysia

New ant ID, is it Big head ants?

Post: # 84600Post lcc850417
Sun Oct 31, 2021 11:14 am

Dear all, i am Loh, new to Ant keeping world.

I found this ant in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on 30th of October.

Their photos are as attached here: https://imgur.com/a/g5I0nnr
https://imgur.com/My885wy
https://imgur.com/Ky9pp2X
https://imgur.com/C5Uc55x

They have rather big head, lines on abdomen.
I found them on their ant hill beside a bridge. They all looks rather inactive, moving very slow and small area only (hence i can get clearer picture). Not like other species i found at the same place, which were very active.

Hope this info helps to identify its species.

Thanks in advance.

SYUTEO
Posts: 1395
Joined: Thu Aug 29, 2019 8:58 am
Location: Malaysia

Re: New ant ID, is it Big head ants?

Post: # 84604Post SYUTEO
Sun Oct 31, 2021 8:13 pm

Macrotermes carbonarius, not an ant but a large black fungus-eating termite. This is one of the species of termites that don't eat wood.

lcc850417
Posts: 2
Joined: Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:56 am
Location: Malaysia

Re: New ant ID, is it Big head ants?

Post: # 84605Post lcc850417
Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:19 pm

Thanks for your reply! Have to learn more about the hobby then. Hv a nice day.😄

Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests