Need help with ID

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Sneeu13
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Joined: Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:39 pm
Location: Pretoria

Need help with ID

Post: # 97320Post Sneeu13
Mon Nov 21, 2022 12:01 pm

Good day,

I caught what i think is a queen ant,
Help with ID will be appreciated,

Size: About 10 mm
When: Caught 10 Oct 2022 mid afternoon
Where: Pretoria, South Africa
Behaviour: Is a fast runner, was darting around looking for something on the ground when found
Picture(s):
https://imgur.com/dAc6A8c
https://imgur.com/rR2tEyn
https://imgur.com/dGWbFpl

Thank you

antsofTH
Posts: 18
Joined: Thu Nov 10, 2022 6:37 am
Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Re: Need help with ID

Post: # 97450Post antsofTH
Tue Nov 29, 2022 7:00 am

Sneeu13 wrote:
Mon Nov 21, 2022 12:01 pm
Good day,

I caught what i think is a queen ant,
Help with ID will be appreciated,

Size: About 10 mm
When: Caught 10 Oct 2022 mid afternoon
Where: Pretoria, South Africa
Behaviour: Is a fast runner, was darting around looking for something on the ground when found
Picture(s):
https://imgur.com/dAc6A8c
https://imgur.com/rR2tEyn
https://imgur.com/dGWbFpl

Thank you
It’s actually pretty sad people have not been seeing this.
Looks like a Camponotus Queen, correct me if I’m wrong.
I’m just a normal ant keeper living in a tropical area. :D

Owning:
Messor Structor
Camponotus spp.
Colobopsis Leonardi

Founding:
Two Solenopsis Geminata Queens

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

Re: Need help with ID

Post: # 97452Post SYUTEO
Tue Nov 29, 2022 7:18 am

antsofTH wrote:
Tue Nov 29, 2022 7:00 am
Sneeu13 wrote:
Mon Nov 21, 2022 12:01 pm
Good day,

I caught what i think is a queen ant,
Help with ID will be appreciated,

Size: About 10 mm
When: Caught 10 Oct 2022 mid afternoon
Where: Pretoria, South Africa
Behaviour: Is a fast runner, was darting around looking for something on the ground when found
Picture(s):
https://imgur.com/dAc6A8c
https://imgur.com/rR2tEyn
https://imgur.com/dGWbFpl

Thank you
It’s actually pretty sad people have not been seeing this.
Looks like a Camponotus Queen, correct me if I’m wrong.
Indeed Camponotus.

OGGKING1
Posts: 44
Joined: Mon Nov 28, 2022 1:06 am
Location: Brimbank park

Re: Need help with ID

Post: # 97469Post OGGKING1
Wed Nov 30, 2022 12:10 am

Sneeu13 wrote:
Mon Nov 21, 2022 12:01 pm
Good day,

I caught what i think is a queen ant,
Help with ID will be appreciated,

Size: About 10 mm
When: Caught 10 Oct 2022 mid afternoon
Where: Pretoria, South Africa
Behaviour: Is a fast runner, was darting around looking for something on the ground when found
Picture(s):
https://imgur.com/dAc6A8c
https://imgur.com/rR2tEyn
https://imgur.com/dGWbFpl

Thank you

I believe that is Camponotus niveosetosus
or camponotus brevisetosus
ant colonies owned

myrmecia pilosula
monomorium sp
iridomyrmex bicknelli
Nylanderia sp
Myrmecia simillima
Pheidole sp
Melophorus sp x3(for sale)
Myrmecia fulvipes (for sale)

Sneeu13
Posts: 2
Joined: Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:39 pm
Location: Pretoria

Re: Need help with ID

Post: # 97537Post Sneeu13
Fri Dec 02, 2022 9:29 am

Thanks for the help

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