Since around my house there's basically just Iridomyrmex, Nylanderia, Rhytidoponera and Pheidole I'll do around my grandparents house.
This is in maybe a 1-2km radius:
Iridomyrmex sp. ©
Pheidole sp. ©
Nylanderia ©
Crematogaster sp. ©
Melophorus sp. (U)
Rhytidoponera metallica ©
Rhytidoponera victorae (U)
Rhytidoponera aspera/chalybea ©
Colobopsis gasseri ®
Aphaenogaster longiceps ©
Monomorium floricola (VR)
Polyrachis cf. vermiculosa, subgenus Chairomyrma al least ©
Polyrachis cf. ammon, subgenus Hagiomyrma at least ©
Polyrhachis subgenus Campomyrma (U)
Polyrhachis hookeri ©
Camponotus sp. (similar to humilior) (U)
Camponotus cf. claripes ®
Camponotus cf. nigriceps ©
Different Camponotus nigriceps-group (U)
Myrmecia nigrocinta ©
Myrmecia tarsata (U)
Myrmecia forficata ®
Myrmecia pilliventris (VR)
Weird Ponerine that keeps drowning in the pool (CR)
Acropyga sp. (CR) (Acropyga do count as cryptic, right?)
Solenopsidini ants, probably Solenopsis (CR) (they're very small)
Tiny Tetramorium sp. (CR) (nocturnal with diurnal nuptials)
Key:
© = common
(U) = uncommon
® = rare
(VR) = very rare
(CR) = cryptic/likely cryptic, therefore unsure of rarity
(it turned all the commons and rares into copyright and registered symbols
)
Edited by Leptomyrmx, May 2 2022 - 4:06 PM.
My Ants:
Colonies: Camponotus humilior 1w, Opisthopsis rufithorax 11w, Aphaenogaster longiceps ~5w, Pheidole sp. ~235w ~15m, Iridomyrmex sp. 2q 1w, Brachyponera lutea 6w, Crematogaster sp. ~20w, Podomyrma sp. 1w
Queens: Polyrhachis cf. robinsoni, Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) sp. (likely infertile)
Previously Kept: Colobopsis gasseri, Technomyrmex sp., Rhytidoponera victorae, Nylanderia cf. rosae, Myrmecia brevinoda/forficata, Polyrhachis australis, Solenopsis/Monomorium
Key: Q = Queen, W = Worker, M = Major
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