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[eclaires]

Saw a few worker ants in my garden and thought they looked cool. Wondering if anyone could help me identify them and perhaps what their queens look like and when their queens fly? (I live in Jakarta, Indonesia so definitely tropical country)

 

1st species: pictures 1-6

2nd species: pictures 7-8

3rd species: pictures 9-12

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[SYUTEO]

The first specis probably Polyrhachis dives. The second one is Oecophylla smaragdina. The third one is Odontoponera denticulata and the one in the last picture is actually a different species, it is a species of Polyrhachis. Polyrhachis and Odontoponera are semi-claustral, I have found Polyrhachis queens in June and July and sometimes in December. From my observations, Odontoponera fly in random times of the year but usually in November but you can find them year round. Oecophylla usually fly from March to July but I have found some in August and November.

[eclaires]

Thank you! It's so cool how you can identify them all at once!

[Ant-nig321]

Polyrhachis queen are much larger than the workers,they have lesser golden hairs on they abdomen.They fly mid april-june.