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Is this a bombardier beetle?

Started By SYUTEO , Nov 22 2021 5:50 AM
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Best Answer ANTS_KL , November 22 2021 - 8:17 PM

Yes, it's a bombardier beetle. Nice find! 

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#1 Offline SYUTEO - Posted November 22 2021 - 5:50 AM

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2cm long. Mostly black with yellow markings.

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Began antkeeping in 2018 :)

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Currently keeping colonies: Camponotus sp, Oecophylla smaragdina

#2 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted November 22 2021 - 8:17 PM   Best Answer

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Yes, it's a bombardier beetle. Nice find! 


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Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus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