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Two ant queens from Malaysia


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#1 Offline RikuzaYuzu - Posted May 13 2022 - 10:56 PM

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1. Location (on a map) of collection: Seremban in Negeri Sembilan
2. Date of collection: 14/4/2022
3. Habitat of collection: Inside the house,on the ground
4. Length (from head to gaster):Red:5mm
Black:1.1cm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture:
1st has Red upper body and a big blackish brown gaster
2nd has whole black body with big mandibles
6. Distinguishing characteristics: 2nd has big mandibles
7. Distinguishing behavior: can't tell
8. Nest description:

9. Nuptial flight time and date: at night,about 9-11 pm (didn't know needed this and didn't write this down)
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#2 Offline SYUTEO - Posted May 14 2022 - 2:07 AM

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The red one is Crematogaster. The black one is Odontoponera denticulata, their larvae need substrate to spin their coccons.


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#3 Offline RikuzaYuzu - Posted May 14 2022 - 2:48 AM

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The red one is Crematogaster. The black one is Odontoponera denticulata, their larvae need substrate to spin their coccons.

can you explain in more detail? or show me show source? i don't understand quite understand it

#4 Offline Manitobant - Posted May 14 2022 - 7:02 AM

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Well the first queen has the distinctive pointed gaster that signifies crematogaster, while the second one has the definitive body shape of odontoponera.
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#5 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 21 2022 - 8:10 PM

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The red one is Crematogaster. The black one is Odontoponera denticulata, their larvae need substrate to spin their coccons.

can you explain in more detail? or show me show source? i don't understand quite understand it

 

Sorry I'm late to this, but he means that when the Odontoponera denticulata larvae are going to spin a cocoon, they will need soil. If not they will likely die.


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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): Camponotus irritans inferior, Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, Nylanderia sp., Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.




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