Ant Queens caught in Brisbane Australia. 22nd May.

[JackPayne]

Camponotus sp.

I'm telling you, those brown stripes on the gaster are the exact same as my Iridomyrmyx queens, also this species have been flying in Australia the past few weeks.




This is one of my queens.

[Martialis]

Perhaps you are right, but I am still skeptical.

[Phoenix]

Gonna Agree With Jack Here, The Head Shape Looks More Closer To Iridomyrmex Than Camponotus.

[JackPayne]

Perhaps you are right, but I am still skeptical.

Trust me as an Australian Antkeeper. Even so, perhaps we should wait until another opinion posts on the thread.

[BleedingRaindrops]

I know I'm inexperienced, but that headshape looks super weird for Camponotus. If it's a choice between the two I'd call Iridomyrmex.

[MajorMadness]

Thanks for all your responses everyone. It looks pretty much bang on as your picture JackPayne, same with the other two I caught. They all seem happily laying their first few eggs, so I'm on the road to them growing their first workers! I shall continue researching Iridomyrmex!

[JackPayne]

Thanks for all your responses everyone. It looks pretty much bang on as your picture JackPayne, same with the other two I caught. They all seem happily laying their first few eggs, so I'm on the road to them growing their first workers! I shall continue researching Iridomyrmex!

Congrats pal, they're a great ant to keep.

[JackPayne]

Here is some facts about Iridomyrmyx, don't worry Bout the species, most of the Iridomyrmyx have similar needs etc.








I hope any of those help.

[CreeperUniverse]

Hello, first post here and also my first queen catches! about a week ago i got home from uni to see hundreds of queens on my driveway. I got what things i could to keep the safely and just watched them for ages, eventually picking 3 that seemed cool.

Here are the best pics i could get, it took a while for me to get them since my camera isn't great.







Thanks for any responses!

Iridomyrmex or maybe something like Lasius?