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Is this a queen? . Bogor, Indonesia. Update : Found it.

Started By semutjawa , Aug 11 2020 1:50 AM

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#1 Offline semutjawa - Posted August 11 2020 - 1:50 AM

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Hello guys. I'm just starting. BeenTrying to find queen for a while then I stumble into this beauty.

1. Bogor, West Java.
2. 11 August 2020
3. Plants/Bushes
4. Maybe 1cm+
5. Brownish w rings on the end
6.
7. Distinguishing behavior:
8. Didn't see a nest

9. Unknown

I hope it is a queen. Thanks.

Update :
This morning around 5AM I was sitting on the porch. Then I saw male drones on the table. I thought queens were probably around. Three queens appeared on the table. Cought two of them. To think i spent the last two days walking around the garden looking for them.

Queen's pictures are the last two

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Edited by semutjawa, August 12 2020 - 5:28 PM.

#2 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted August 11 2020 - 4:59 AM

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Not a queen, unfortunately. Looks to me like a Polyrhachis worker (which is an amazing genus in itself). I'd say this is a great find nonetheless!


Edited by TheMicroPlanet, August 11 2020 - 5:00 AM.

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#3 Online Leo - Posted August 11 2020 - 5:45 AM

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Polyrachis worker
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#4 Offline Devi - Posted August 11 2020 - 8:29 AM

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I second this.  Still, a great find though!


#5 Offline AntsDakota - Posted August 11 2020 - 8:44 AM

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Polyrachis worker

I third this.


"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

#6 Offline TechAnt - Posted August 11 2020 - 9:44 AM

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I fourth Polyrachis worker. Don’t worry, Indonesia is a very diverse environment, try looking for queens after it rains or a few days after it rains. There are plenty of species to find.

Edited by TechAnt, August 11 2020 - 9:45 AM.

My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#7 Offline Antkid12 - Posted August 11 2020 - 11:41 AM

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Awesome find! even finding a polyrachis worker is cool.


Edited by Antkid12, August 11 2020 - 2:10 PM.

Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#8 Offline CheetoLord02 - Posted August 11 2020 - 2:07 PM

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Looks like Polyrhachis illaudata to me. And yes, a worker.


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#9 Offline semutjawa - Posted August 11 2020 - 4:12 PM

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Thank you. You are all awesome.

I live in Jakarta. North of here.
I haven't seen this one before, ever. It was quite big. I thought it wasn't an ant.
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#10 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted August 13 2020 - 7:26 AM

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That winged one is 100% a queen. Will be cool to see this species on the forum.

Edited by Kaelwizard, August 13 2020 - 7:27 AM.

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#11 Offline AntsDakota - Posted August 13 2020 - 8:20 AM

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I fourth Polyrachis worker. Don’t worry, Indonesia is a very diverse environment, try looking for queens after it rains or a few days after it rains. There are plenty of species to find.

I think it would've rained again (several times) after a few days, so maybe a few hours afterwards. It is a tropical climate, you know.


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#12 Offline TechAnt - Posted August 13 2020 - 9:18 AM

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Fair point AntsDakota
My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#13 Offline ponerinecat - Posted August 13 2020 - 4:16 PM

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Casually ignores the new photos of an alate. Congrats, the winged individual is a potential queen. keep her and see how it goes. As for ID, this would be a species of the subgenus Myrma.


#14 Offline AntsDakota - Posted August 13 2020 - 4:21 PM

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Casually ignores the new photos of an alate.

Are you referring to yourself?


"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

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