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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2012 14:05:47 GMT 1
This is a species slightly larger (but otherwise similar) to the house ant Ochetellus Glaber. Unlike the 2mm Glaber, this is 4 mm long. very small. Other than that I don't know the species. The species are VERY common in outdoor, suburban areas around NSW in Australia. I found this on in my home in Newcastle.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2012 14:09:58 GMT 1
Rhytidoponera metallica, the metallic "green ant". Found the same-ish area as above. They too flourish in suburban environments, and are incredibly aggressive and have a sting which is apparently like a fire-ant sting. Luckily, they are a abit "dumb". this is one climbing a flower to drink the 'sap' from it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2012 14:17:33 GMT 1
What I truly believe is Ochetellus Glaber, a 2mm long tiny, chill, black house ant that I commonly find at the bottom of my beer bottle the next morning. Very passive and harmless, but persistent! This is them "helping" one that seems to have fallen on hard time Same as above, in my backyard.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2012 14:19:26 GMT 1
The Meat Ant, umm, if I remember correctly, it is Iridomyrmex Purpereus. Large ants. About 5-6 mm. Very VERY fast. They go on enormous hunts and bring back huge amounts of bugs all day. They are incredibly competitive and usually dominate areas of+50m swuared at any one time. According to wikipedia,up to 600m This was taken at the University of Newcastle, where I currently attend.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2012 16:51:22 GMT 1
nice pictures charlie its interesting to se all of these different varietys of ants that we dont get in england
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2012 21:39:37 GMT 1
Here is a Snap of a Messor Barbarus Nest when i was looking for queens, at first I made the mistake of thinking that these winged ants were new queens but in fact the are just the males, they would at times come out of the nest look around decide the time was not right and then all scurry back in side
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2012 3:43:28 GMT 1
nice pictures charlie its interesting to se all of these different varietys of ants that we dont get in england Yeah, it's crazy thinking of a country without the same ants as me, just as I probably think when I see all your "whacky" species of ant!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2012 8:41:45 GMT 1
Do you get Messor Babarus in Australia Charlie?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2012 10:14:57 GMT 1
Pretty sure we don't have any harvesting ants like Messor in Aus. We got weaver ants and a couple of aphid/mealy bug herders but that's about it when it comes to the more famous symbiotic species
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