Queen Ant ID (SA, Australia)
Hello, I need some help to ID a queen I got. I had seen this species in my yard last year during their nuptial flights, but could not locate the whereabouts of their nest. This one I found yesterday,...
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Don't know much about ants in your area, but that sure looks like Pheidole to me.
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I would say they are correct for sure. But what is with the small bumps on her gaster?
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Thanks for the quick replies guys. I looked it up and it seems like the species is very common in western and eastern Australia, but not very common down south where I am from. I have no idea what...
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In the 4th picture they definitely look like water droplets. It must no be anything too serious if they were on you other queens.
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Thinking about it, the other Pheidole queens I found last year was during the early morning when there was still frost on the grass, so water droplets is likely the case!
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