Best Answer Zeiss , January 12 2016 - 12:55 AM
LC3 and I were in chat discussing this, and we think Anonychomyrma arcadia to be the closest ant in resemblance. Most of the time, we were going off the shape of the head, a bit flatter than most and it has two pronounced "cone" shapes on the back of its head.
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Posted January 12 2016 - 4:33 AM
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I feed them with honey and small insects.
With the first workers the colony was growing really fast. When the queen died four or five months later, there where tons of brood and almost a hundred workers left.
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Posted January 12 2016 - 11:56 AM
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LC3 and I were in chat discussing this, and we think Anonychomyrma arcadia to be the closest ant in resemblance. Most of the time, we were going off the shape of the head, a bit flatter than most and it has two pronounced "cone" shapes on the back of its head.
I was thinking the same but might not be exactly that species.
You guys are lucky to live in Australia!
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Posted January 12 2016 - 4:57 PM
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Years ago I found a very similar looking queen in Australia.
The workers are very tiny compared to the queen. Unfortunately the queen died a few months after the workers emerged.
On Monday night I have found lots queens of this species flew under the light. I happened to capture one with the drone still attached to her. I can confirm that the drone is really small, almost like the drone of the black ant in comparison to the queen. So far she has laid some eggs and enjoying her honey I put in, still got the wings though, after brushed the drone off.
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