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#1 Offline antmaniac - Posted April 23 2015 - 4:39 PM

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It is getting cold here in Sydney and heavy storm over past few days. However, last night I have managed to find a bunch of queens. I discovered that they tend to be easier to spot near or on the wall.



#2 Offline Chromerust - Posted April 24 2015 - 4:40 PM

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I'm curious what you found. Will you be sharing some pics with us?

#3 Offline antmaniac - Posted October 2 2015 - 12:43 AM

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I'm curious what you found. Will you be sharing some pics with us?

Sorry I didn't take the photos. They are relatively big black ants live around the bush. I have too many of them and do not have any space to host them, so I released all of them outside.



#4 Offline weetbix - Posted November 20 2015 - 11:33 PM

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Hi antmaniac,

 

As I also from Sydney, just wondering if we have Odontoponera Traversa there?

I love to see the photos of those queen, will be interested on them once I get back home.


Edited by weetbix, November 20 2015 - 11:43 PM.


#5 Offline antmaniac - Posted November 21 2015 - 1:45 AM

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Duplicated post.

Edited by antmaniac, November 21 2015 - 1:48 AM.


#6 Offline antmaniac - Posted November 21 2015 - 1:46 AM

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Hi antmaniac,
 
As I also from Sydney, just wondering if we have Odontoponera Traversa there?
I love to see the photos of those queen, will be interested on them once I get back home.


I am not an expert on ant identification, but according to antwiki, they don't exist in Sydney region. http://www.antwiki.o...nera_transversa

I did find a similar looking one in Sydney before, it is really tiny though. http://www.formicult...809/#shareLinks

#7 Offline weetbix - Posted November 21 2015 - 4:51 AM

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WOW! indeed very similar looking, I believed that is a queen?
Do they have slippery legs? That's another reason why I love OT.
Thank you for the info antmaniac.

#8 Offline antmaniac - Posted November 21 2015 - 3:13 PM

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Sorry, I can't recall if they got slippery legs or not. She is a queen. Another species I can think of, also got slippery leg and similar body shape is the green-head ants.




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