Jump to content

  • Chat
  •  
  •  

Welcome to Formiculture.com!

This is a website for anyone interested in Myrmecology and all aspects of finding, keeping, and studying ants. The site and forum are free to use. Register now to gain access to all of our features. Once registered and logged in, you will be able to create topics, post replies to existing threads, give reputation points to your fellow members, get your own private messenger, post status updates, manage your profile and so much more. If you already have an account, login here - otherwise create an account for free today!

Photo

Ant ID of possible field ant please.


  • Please log in to reply
5 replies to this topic

#1 Offline Darcy - Posted May 9 2021 - 2:10 AM

Darcy

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 43 posts
  • LocationBrisbane, Australia
1. Location: Australia, Brisbane, Northside
2. Date of collection: 1st of May
3. Habitat of collection: scrub with low grass patches
4. Length (from head to gaster): 1cm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: black head, brown/red thorax, black gaster
6. Distinguishing characteristics: hair on all segments
7. Distinguishing behavior: Happy to be with other queen's of the same species
8. Nest description: don't know, caught them in a flight

9. Nuptial flight time and date: 1st May, 12:00pm

#2 Offline Darcy - Posted May 9 2021 - 2:14 AM

Darcy

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 43 posts
  • LocationBrisbane, Australia



  • Antkeeper01 likes this

#3 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 9 2021 - 3:29 AM

ANTS_KL

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 795 posts
  • LocationMalaysia
Those are a notoncus sp. Idk what you guys call them at aus so idk if they are field ants

Sent from my CPH2201 using Tapatalk
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Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): Camponotus irritans inferior, Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, Nylanderia sp., Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp.,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.

#4 Offline SYUTEO - Posted May 9 2021 - 3:33 AM

SYUTEO

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 628 posts
  • LocationMalaysia

I think its a Notoncus sp


Began antkeeping in 2018  :)

 

All ant journal: https://www.formicul...os-ant-journal/


#5 Offline Manitobant - Posted May 9 2021 - 7:03 AM

Manitobant

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 2,898 posts
  • LocationWinnipeg, Canada
Yeah, definitely notoncus. There is a debate as to whether these ants are fully or semi claustral, but i would give them food just in case.

#6 Offline Darcy - Posted May 9 2021 - 11:48 PM

Darcy

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 43 posts
  • LocationBrisbane, Australia

Cool, cheers for the help. they're going great atm but i will offer a cricket just incase. there are also native Notoncus species in Australia so this will be great to see which ones they are when there's workers :) also common name is Epaulet ants, strange name






0 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users