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#1 Offline Quintessence - Posted September 29 2020 - 5:38 AM

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The picture is of the first queen I caught, with three nanitics aged 1,2, and 4 days. She laid some eggs after almost a week, and I seem to have missed the stage at which they became larvae. After about four weeks, I could see about 5 or 6 quite dark pupae, and finally after five weeks, the first nanitic appeared.

 

The queen is about 1 cm long. I don’t know what species it is, but here’s a clue for anyone who would like to identify it – it lives in Singapore.

 

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#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted September 29 2020 - 6:28 AM

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Camponotus sp.

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#3 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted September 29 2020 - 6:55 AM

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seems small for camponotus, unless in the nearcticus subfamily.


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#4 Offline Manitobant - Posted September 29 2020 - 8:50 AM

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Its definitely Camponotus. The queen can't be anything else really except colobopsis, although she doesnt seem to have a truncated head.
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#5 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted September 29 2020 - 9:19 AM

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Its definitely Camponotus. The queen can't be anything else really except colobopsis, although she doesnt seem to have a truncated head.

ok. my bad.


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#6 Offline CheetoLord02 - Posted September 29 2020 - 1:47 PM

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looks like Camponotus arrogans to me, but I'd need better pics to be certain.


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#7 Offline ponerinecat - Posted September 29 2020 - 2:01 PM

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seems small for camponotus, unless in the nearcticus subfamily.

This is Singapore, Camponotus are extremely diverse in the tropics and easily get very small. Also, there's no such thing as the "nearcticus subfamily". The entirety of formicinae is a single subfamily.


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#8 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted September 29 2020 - 2:09 PM

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seems small for camponotus, unless in the nearcticus subfamily.

This is Singapore, Camponotus are extremely diverse in the tropics and easily get very small. Also, there's no such thing as the "nearcticus subfamily". The entirety of formicinae is a single subfamily.

 

i was just trying to be helpful. maybe i meant subgenus? i do not have all of that memorized yet.


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#9 Offline ponerinecat - Posted September 29 2020 - 2:50 PM

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You were probably thinking of the myrmenotma subgenus, which nearcticus belongs to.


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#10 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted September 29 2020 - 3:35 PM

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You were probably thinking of the myrmenotma subgenus, which nearcticus belongs to.

that is probably correct. i am not as knowledgeable about ants as you. i always ask AntsDakota. i am more into ant nests.


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#11 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted September 29 2020 - 3:42 PM

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Camponotus (Myrmentomasp.



#12 Offline ponerinecat - Posted September 30 2020 - 12:50 PM

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Myrmentoma is not known from around southern Asia.



#13 Offline Quintessence - Posted October 18 2020 - 1:08 AM

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Thanks to those of you who attempted to identify the ants.

 

With the benefit of being able to observe them closely and also check on the internet, I conclude that these are Camponotus Albosparsus. (The two “eyes” on the gaster are just about visible.)

 

It is common in Singapore, maybe very common. I have caught lots of these in total on separate hunting trips. There’s now a second colony. And there are three more almost on the way, and perhaps the recently caught one might start up a colony in over a month’s time.

 

I wish I could find other types of ants.


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#14 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted October 18 2020 - 3:08 PM

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Thanks to those of you who attempted to identify the ants.

 

With the benefit of being able to observe them closely and also check on the internet, I conclude that these are Camponotus Albosparsus. (The two “eyes” on the gaster are just about visible.)

 

It is common in Singapore, maybe very common. I have caught lots of these in total on separate hunting trips. There’s now a second colony. And there are three more almost on the way, and perhaps the recently caught one might start up a colony in over a month’s time.

 

I wish I could find other types of ants.

Asia in general is so diverse that you are bound to find another species. Good luck!



#15 Offline AntsDakota - Posted October 19 2020 - 5:14 AM

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You were probably thinking of the myrmenotma subgenus, which nearcticus belongs to.

that is probably correct. i am not as knowledgeable about ants as you. i always ask AntsDakota. i am more into ant nests.

 

That is what you mean. nearcticus is within the Myrmentoma subgenus. And to be more correct, you could say, "C. nearcticus's subgenus", and make clear you're not sure which one that is.
 


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