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Best Answer NZAntKeeper , July 24 2017 - 11:49 PM

Camponotus planatus? Go to the full post


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#1 Offline Shaye - Posted July 24 2017 - 10:04 PM

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Two queens that seem to be polygynous.
Each 8mm long
Red-Brown head and thorax, black-gray flashy abdomen (hairy) with black 'stripes'.
I found a larger colony of them in a dead branch of a tree only identified as having come from the Philippines..
One found in an open high-grass field with trees dotted around (but next to the previously described tree), the other in a tunneled out, and dead, twig (of the same tree). I am not sure if that particular tree is relevant, but it is wickedly spiky with strong spikes even on the young and green growths. The leaves are quite snall. Perhaps less than an inch in diameter, and almost circular but is oval-shaped.

http://s1079.photobu...lygynous queens

Edited by Shaye, July 24 2017 - 10:18 PM.

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?


#2 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted July 24 2017 - 11:49 PM   Best Answer

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Camponotus planatus?

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https://m.youtube.co...R--GtDfJdaJjWpQ

Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis


#3 Offline rbaezam - Posted July 25 2017 - 7:06 AM

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I agree, they seem like Camponotus planatus... very nice species to have, I had a colony once and they are easy to keep (I used first a plaster nest and then a bigger acrylic nest).



#4 Offline Shaye - Posted July 25 2017 - 10:40 AM

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Thank you for the ID!

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?





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