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#1 Offline zpiter - Posted June 29 2016 - 5:24 AM

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Hi, I'm new here. I'm from Singapore, south-east Asia country. Most queens found here are tropics ants, and I don't really know what are their species. So I do hope you all guys may be able to help me out. :)

1. I guess they are Camponotus sp. queen is roughly 1cm in length. And I have six queens in together, all have at least 2-3 nanitics. Caught them around middle of May.
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2. Also a Camponotus sp too, I guess, but much larger in size, 1.5cm long. Just caught her few days ago.
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3. I still have no idea what species this is, she has a spinning top shape at the end of abdomen in black while other parts of body are brownish red. 0.8cm in length. One thing that confuse me is that her eggs are round in shape, how normal is that? She ate her first batch of eggs, those are her second batch. Caught her first week of May.
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4. Similar to 3, but smaller, 0.5cm. Eggs are found laying all round the test tube, maybe not fertilized? Caught her last week. Found another one last night, eggs are spotted the next day, scattering around the test tube.
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5. Super small, super fun to watch colony. Current has 10 workers. Queen 0.5cm, workers 0.1-0.2cm. Took her less then a month to have her first nanitics. Found her on a pathway under my flat last month. Cool thing about them is, whenever I feed them honey, they seem to take turns to drink it, while some will stay and look after their youngs. My best guess is also another Camponotus sp.
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All the ants above mention are found around my area, I live in the center part of Singapore. Usually found them at night, after a heavy rain in the afternoon. By the way, spotted few trap-jaw as well and their Nuptial flight are coming soon, super excited about it. icon_e_wink.gif



#2 Offline 123LordOfAnts123 - Posted June 29 2016 - 7:41 AM

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3 - Meranoplus sp.

4 - Pheidole sp.

5 - Nylanderia or possibly Tapinoma

#3 Offline AntsMAN - Posted June 29 2016 - 9:06 AM

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I am by no means an expert this is just to point you in the right direction.

Here are my best assumptions, based on similar photos.

 

1. Camponotus albosparsus.

2. Camponotus Fellah

3. Agreed Meranoplus sp. Mayri maybe?

4. Need better picture.

5. Lasius sp.


Current queens/colonies

Camponotus novaeboracensis x2

Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2

Camponotus herculeanus x1

Formica sp. x1

Lasius americanus x1  (Lasius alienus)

Lasius neoniger x1

Crematogastor cerasi x1

Myrmica sp. x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


#4 Offline zpiter - Posted June 30 2016 - 4:32 AM

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#5 Offline zpiter - Posted June 30 2016 - 4:33 AM

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By the way, found a trap-jaw ant today. Think it is just a normal worker.

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#6 Offline Runner12 - Posted June 30 2016 - 5:37 AM

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Pheidole and Odontomachus




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