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Started By Billy , Sep 9 2015 7:47 AM

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#701 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted January 4 2022 - 4:35 PM

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Some of these pictures I'm about to post are not ants in the wild but I think I should post them nonetheless.

You can post any pictures of ants, doesn't matter if they are wild or captive.


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#702 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted January 4 2022 - 5:00 PM

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Some of these pictures I'm about to post are not ants in the wild but I think I should post them nonetheless.

wow love the neivamymex


1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

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#703 Offline NicholasP - Posted January 4 2022 - 6:00 PM

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Thanks guys. I'm glad you like them.


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#704 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted January 4 2022 - 9:32 PM

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A Polyrhachis rufifemur in my backyard in Queensland. I think they are trying to start a colony in a nearby palm tree.

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#705 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted January 5 2022 - 8:11 PM

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A Myrmecia nigrocinta that are very common in the bush near me in Queensland. They are called Jack Jumper Ants because they can jump very well.

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#706 Offline PaigeX - Posted January 6 2022 - 6:26 PM

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A Polyrhachis rufifemur in my backyard in Queensland. I think they are trying to start a colony in a nearby palm tree.

I legit asked a site when they will be selling more queens of these and they said they didn't catch any this year and I have to wait another year for one


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#707 Offline Leptomyrmx - Posted January 6 2022 - 6:38 PM

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A Polyrhachis rufifemur in my backyard in Queensland. I think they are trying to start a colony in a nearby palm tree.

I legit asked a site when they will be selling more queens of these and they said they didn't catch any this year and I have to wait another year for one

 

My sister is also waiting for them to come in stock, if I've guessed the website you're talking about correctly. (Ants Everything, right?) Looks like you have some competition, lol.

She's also a fan of Polyrhachis.


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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

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#708 Offline PaigeX - Posted January 6 2022 - 6:44 PM

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A Polyrhachis rufifemur in my backyard in Queensland. I think they are trying to start a colony in a nearby palm tree.

I legit asked a site when they will be selling more queens of these and they said they didn't catch any this year and I have to wait another year for one

 

My sister is also waiting for them to come in stock, if I've guessed the website you're talking about correctly. (Ants Everything, right?) Looks like you have some competition, lol.

She's also a fan of Polyrhachis.

 

Hahahaha yes that's the one! I'm happy there is someone else out there a fan of Polyrhachis too. I don't mind the competition as I see it joyful for others to get their wish ants. <3


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Favourite Genus: Polyrhachis 

 
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#709 Offline NicholasP - Posted January 6 2022 - 9:03 PM

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A Polyrhachis rufifemur in my backyard in Queensland. I think they are trying to start a colony in a nearby palm tree.

I legit asked a site when they will be selling more queens of these and they said they didn't catch any this year and I have to wait another year for one

 

My sister is also waiting for them to come in stock, if I've guessed the website you're talking about correctly. (Ants Everything, right?) Looks like you have some competition, lol.

She's also a fan of Polyrhachis.

 

Hahahaha yes that's the one! I'm happy there is someone else out there a fan of Polyrhachis too. I don't mind the competition as I see it joyful for others to get their wish ants. <3

 

Dang. I wish I lived in Australia now to buy Polyrachis.


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#710 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted January 8 2022 - 8:30 PM

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The very small and very difficult to photograph Cardiocondyla sp. from the Sunshine Coast, Qld. I am seeing these really small ants everywhere I go at the moment.

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#711 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted January 9 2022 - 12:45 PM

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An unidentified Camponotus species that I have been seeing a lot of lately in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, Qld. I like the look of these ants, very sleek.

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#712 Offline M_Ants - Posted January 9 2022 - 7:10 PM

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Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

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#713 Offline PaigeX - Posted January 10 2022 - 2:47 AM

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An unidentified Camponotus species that I have been seeing a lot of lately in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, Qld. I like the look of these ants, very sleek.

Looks like the White-Legged Sugar Ant - Camponotus Elegans. I have a lot around me too. they are very cute with their while legs and black bodies in the sun.

They have both Major and Miner ants. 


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Favourite Genus: Polyrhachis 

 
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#714 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted January 10 2022 - 11:58 AM

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An unidentified Camponotus species that I have been seeing a lot of lately in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, Qld. I like the look of these ants, very sleek.

Looks like the White-Legged Sugar Ant - Camponotus Elegans. I have a lot around me too. they are very cute with their while legs and black bodies in the sun.

They have both Major and Miner ants. 

 

I was leaning towards that but wasn't sure. There are a lot around.


#715 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted January 10 2022 - 11:59 AM

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An unidentified Camponotus species that I have been seeing a lot of lately in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, Qld. I like the look of these ants, very sleek.

I know this sounds silly but, I’m amazed at how dramatically different this is from C. pennsylvanicus, C. americanus, or C. novaeboracensis. In the northeast United State, Camponotus are generally huge ants. This appears so delicate. 


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#716 Offline PaigeX - Posted January 10 2022 - 3:39 PM

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An unidentified Camponotus species that I have been seeing a lot of lately in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, Qld. I like the look of these ants, very sleek.

I know this sounds silly but, I’m amazed at how dramatically different this is from C. pennsylvanicus, C. americanus, or C. novaeboracensis. In the northeast United State, Camponotus are generally huge ants. This appears so delicate. 

 

Yea there is some size different here with Camponotus.

 

Here are some pictures of the sizes from the 4 I have right now. Names going from Top test tube down. Same with their sizes. 
 

1st is a Camponotus I've been unable to ID. I know its not Camponotus consobrinus or Camponotus nigriceps. I did ID it as Camponotus Humilior for a while but realised its not it. I've also had them for over a month and they have not laid eggs.

2nd is Camponotus Aeneopilosus. The workers are small because those are her first nanitics.

3rd is Camponotus Elegans.

4th is Camponotus Humilior.

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Camponotus consobrinus is larger than all that I have pictured. Camponotus nigriceps is a little bigger than the top test tube queen.
 


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#717 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted January 11 2022 - 2:33 AM

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An unidentified Camponotus species that I have been seeing a lot of lately in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, Qld. I like the look of these ants, very sleek.

I know this sounds silly but, I’m amazed at how dramatically different this is from C. pennsylvanicus, C. americanus, or C. novaeboracensis. In the northeast United State, Camponotus are generally huge ants. This appears so delicate. 

 

As PaigeX  has mentioned there is quite a bit of size difference with ours as well. I will post a picture of Camponotus lownei which looks to my eye a lot different than most of the other Camponotus species I see, really chunky.


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#718 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted January 11 2022 - 2:40 AM

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A Camponotus lownei and a Camponotus subnitidus ssp. famelicus. The chunky C. lownei is from Qld and the thin C. subnitidus ssp. famelicus was seen on a road trip through NSW. At first sight I thought C. lownei was Melophorus sp.

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#719 Offline madbiologist - Posted January 11 2022 - 12:08 PM

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Some A. fulva photos!

 

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#720 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted January 12 2022 - 3:47 AM

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A Nylanderia species that I found in my backyard in Queensland. 

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