Queen ID Australia East Coast

[Aussie]

Hello all

Could somebody please help me identify these two species?

Sorry the photos are terrible

Thanks

[Aussie]

Should add that the first image the queen is about 7-8mm long and the second two are about 5-6mm

[KingKyle26]

Images aren't showing up

[Aussie]

Cheers

https://imgur.com/a/BYzPY

http://imgur.com/a/6NGiW

[Batspiderfish]

I'm confused -- are the queens in the second link the same as the queens at the bottom of the first link?

http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2166

[Aussie]

Whoops bit of a stuff up,

Second link is another blokes on this forums link.

[Batspiderfish]

Queen one is dolichoderine, possibly Iridomyrmex. The two queens are formicine, but I can't say much more than that.

[Aussie]

Thanks mate,

Can't take any good photos at the moment as my camera is stuffed so I have to use an iPad instead...

[Batspiderfish]

You can scavenge lenses from laser pointers to make macro adapters for phone cameras. I've also heard that water-droplet lenses work pretty well. I have links explaining both of these, in the photography thread, in my signature.