Sydney, Australia - Queen ant ID please
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Sydney, Australia - Queen ant ID please
Hi, I found some queen ants around Sydney, Australia, through the year and I'd like to know their species. This is so I can determine whether they're polygynous, for listing on GAN and out of personal curiosity. The oranges ones were found along a footpath in Autumn and the black (/dark green) ones were found in my bathroom in Spring. The pics aren't great quality but any thoughts and advice would be appreciated. Thanks
Images: https://imgur.com/a/TQABBLr
Images: https://imgur.com/a/TQABBLr
Re: Sydney, Australia - Queen ant ID please
The red ants are apart of the Myrmicinea family while the black ones are Formicadia. I'll try to narrow it down some more.
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Re: Sydney, Australia - Queen ant ID please
Thanks so much for the response. I just wanted to confirm what the black ants were because I was having trouble finding "formicadia" online.
Re: Sydney, Australia - Queen ant ID please
Formicidae is a subfamily of the ant kingdom same with Myrmicinea, basically Myrmicinea ants usually have stingers while Formicidae ants have Formic acid. Also do you have measurements of your ants? The Black ants look a lot like camponotus.
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Re: Sydney, Australia - Queen ant ID please
Sorry for the slow reply. By measurements, did you just mean the length? The pictures I provided included a ruler for scale.
Re: Sydney, Australia - Queen ant ID please
Sorry I keep on missing that. I would say that they are definitely camponotus but a smaller species.
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