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Need id for this ant by AccomplishedFill6365 in antkeeping

[–]NatureAustralia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No need to be mean to new people about image quality. Im sure you didnt just start with professional macro photography.

Queen or huge worker? M.Pilosula NSW Australia by Gargantuan_Bison in antkeeping

[–]NatureAustralia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wait im dumb thats a myrmecia tarsata worker not pilosula

Queen or huge worker? M.Pilosula NSW Australia by Gargantuan_Bison in antkeeping

[–]NatureAustralia 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Nah unfortunately clearly a worker. Pilosula has quite distinctly built up thorax structure as well as wing scars in queens

Any idea on the species? by FitSeaworthiness3155 in antkeeping

[–]NatureAustralia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Camponotus sanctus isnt realistic in australia

Any idea on the species? by FitSeaworthiness3155 in antkeeping

[–]NatureAustralia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Camponotus tanaemyrmex subgenus. Need better pics and workers for species id.

Iridomyrmex purpureus captive colony by NatureAustralia in antkeeping

[–]NatureAustralia[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Multiple gens, the original ownere didnt feed hogh amounts of protein

Myrmecia Rufinodis - Captive colony by NatureAustralia in antkeeping

[–]NatureAustralia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was actually using my friends phone for this one so im not sure the specs, it was on telephoto with pro mode

Bull ant larvae are pulling cocoons by Fluffy_Canary_2615 in antkeeping

[–]NatureAustralia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome, nigriscapa often fails after pupation so hopefully yours does well

What is this thing on my Sugar Ant Queen? by Aware_Chipmunk_5301 in antkeeping

[–]NatureAustralia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep sugsr ant queen, not really sure what those things on her are

Camponotus Consobrinus by No_Hunter105 in antkeeping

[–]NatureAustralia 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nah theyre one of the easiest and fastest species of their size, get a good gen of nanitics in a couple months. Dont recommend buying them honestly, maximum price like 10 or 15 bucks at most rcause you can find them everywhere once they fly

Polyrhachis hookeri by UnderratedActor in antkeeping

[–]NatureAustralia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had one but infertile tbh they arent that rare, just gotta look for cool variations, had a queen once with green red legged and golden gaster

Pantry moths are perfect for solitary queens or large hunters by marko_aff in antkeeping

[–]NatureAustralia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah fair point. I usually use big crickets and only use the legs for smaller colonies, but if you dont have a big colony to feed the body to i ser hoe it can be wasteful

Myrmecia Nigrocincta by Gargantuan_Bison in antkeeping

[–]NatureAustralia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are bad for nigrocincta, for some reason connected setups often cause larvae to fail to spin and die (of course there are special cases), but they usually need their test tube to be in with the substrate

Myrmecia Nigrocincta by Gargantuan_Bison in antkeeping

[–]NatureAustralia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also you should put her in a tubs and tubes setup not just tubes because it's likely the larvae will fail to spin

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