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Amblyopone?

Started By NZAntKeeper , Nov 19 2016 2:37 PM

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#1 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted November 19 2016 - 2:37 PM

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Location found - New Zealand north island inside a wet and rotten log in a small forest
Length - around 8 cm
When - 1 month ago

If you need any more information please ask.

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-Nylanderia sp?
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-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#2 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted November 19 2016 - 2:39 PM

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My Youtube Channel
https://m.youtube.co...R--GtDfJdaJjWpQ

Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#3 Offline Leo - Posted November 19 2016 - 4:29 PM

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nope


#4 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted November 19 2016 - 5:03 PM

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Any idea of what it could be?

My Youtube Channel
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Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#5 Offline RapaNui - Posted November 19 2016 - 6:23 PM

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Looks like some type of pachycondyla or other ponerine ant.


#6 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted November 19 2016 - 6:57 PM

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There is no ponerines in nz but there's pachycondyla which sorta look like them

My Youtube Channel
https://m.youtube.co...R--GtDfJdaJjWpQ

Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#7 Offline Batspiderfish - Posted November 19 2016 - 7:02 PM

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There is no ponerines in nz but there's pachycondyla which sorta look like them

 

"Ponerine" is an adjective which describes anything from the Ponerinae subfamily.


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#8 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted November 19 2016 - 10:21 PM

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There is no ponerines in nz but there's pachycondyla which sorta look like them

 
"Ponerine" is an adjective which describes anything from the Ponerinae subfamily.
Oh ok thanks

My Youtube Channel
https://m.youtube.co...R--GtDfJdaJjWpQ

Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#9 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted November 19 2016 - 11:15 PM

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Yea I'm pretty sure these are pachycondyla castanea and I may have the queen I'm not sure does anyone think the bigger ant is the queen a website says the queen is a little bit bigger than the workers and it's only a little big bigger

My Youtube Channel
https://m.youtube.co...R--GtDfJdaJjWpQ

Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#10 Offline RapaNui - Posted November 20 2016 - 6:08 AM

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Based on photos and size difference, I will say you got the queen. For this species the queen has wing scars which you can observe if you look closely, for final confirmation.

I would advise you to connect the test tube asap, to an outworld and start giving them insects.

Good luck with them! cheers 


#11 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted November 20 2016 - 9:26 AM

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Ok thank you should I just give them any insect or do they have a preffered type of insect

My Youtube Channel
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Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#12 Offline SirAnticus - Posted November 20 2016 - 4:01 PM

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man i love Ponerines


#13 Offline Jash - Posted November 20 2016 - 4:26 PM

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Yea I'm pretty sure these are pachycondyla castanea and I may have the queen I'm not sure does anyone think the bigger ant is the queen a website says the queen is a little bit bigger than the workers and it's only a little big bigger

 

I think you're right. They're classified as Austroponera castanea now though. I've got a bunch nesting in ponga logs in my garden, really fun to watch :).


#14 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted November 20 2016 - 7:01 PM

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Yea I'm pretty sure these are pachycondyla castanea and I may have the queen I'm not sure does anyone think the bigger ant is the queen a website says the queen is a little bit bigger than the workers and it's only a little big bigger

 
I think you're right. They're classified as Austroponera castanea now though. I've got a bunch nesting in ponga logs in my garden, really fun to watch :).

Oh ok thanks, I bet they would be fun to watch!

My Youtube Channel
https://m.youtube.co...R--GtDfJdaJjWpQ

Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#15 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted November 20 2016 - 7:56 PM

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Outworld is done and they are connected to it. They have been eating centipedes I hope I caught the queen!

My Youtube Channel
https://m.youtube.co...R--GtDfJdaJjWpQ

Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#16 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted November 20 2016 - 8:33 PM

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I tried seeing if I could see any wings scars it didn't look like there was any. As I stated previously the "queen" laid eggs would it of been trophic eggs to feed the larvae?

My Youtube Channel
https://m.youtube.co...R--GtDfJdaJjWpQ

Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#17 Offline Jash - Posted November 20 2016 - 9:36 PM

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I tried seeing if I could see any wings scars it didn't look like there was any. As I stated previously the "queen" laid eggs would it of been trophic eggs to feed the larvae?

 

Austroponera castanea has ergatoid queens which are wingless.


#18 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted November 20 2016 - 10:06 PM

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Oh so there would be no wing scars?

My Youtube Channel
https://m.youtube.co...R--GtDfJdaJjWpQ

Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#19 Offline Jash - Posted November 20 2016 - 10:25 PM

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Oh so there would be no wing scars?

 

Yep, no wing scars.


#20 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted November 20 2016 - 10:45 PM

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Ok thanks

My Youtube Channel
https://m.youtube.co...R--GtDfJdaJjWpQ

Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

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