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February 23, 2022
07:43 PM EAT
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September 12, 2015
04:02 AM SAST
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February 18, 2022
08:05 PM UTC
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January 7, 2020
09:25 AM SAST
Description
Ants living in the lawn. Some of them had wings.
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February 19, 2022
12:11 AM SAST
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February 15, 2022
11:05 AM SAST
Description
A red ant tide stretching all along Fish Hoek beach this morning.
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February 12, 2022
01:27 PM SAST
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July 19, 2020
04:54 PM SAST
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February 10, 2022
04:31 PM SAST
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April 15, 2019
08:30 PM PDT
Description
One large brown ant in a colony of smaller ants. Shell Ridge Open Space
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November 12, 2019
05:30 PM EST
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April 30, 2020
01:31 AM JST
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December 25, 2021
06:08 PM SAST
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December 25, 2021
06:08 PM SAST
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November 24, 2021
05:41 PM UTC
What
Ants
(Family Formicidae)
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December 25, 2021
06:07 PM SAST
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December 18, 2021
02:48 PM UTC
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December 18, 2021
04:15 PM UTC
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April 26, 2020
01:45 PM UTC
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November 6, 2021
04:55 PM CAT
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November 1, 2021
09:22 AM CAT
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October 28, 2021
06:50 PM CAT
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October 27, 2021
03:13 PM CAT
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September 27, 2021
09:58 PM SAST
Description
Minute orange Monomoriums barely 1.5mm in length and really just visible to the naked eye for me. Photographed here at 5x magnification. Found walking up and down tree trunk. I thought M rhopalocerum but the gasters are not as darkly contrasting. @peterslingsby any idea?
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July 8, 2021
06:24 AM UTC
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August 7, 2021
04:40 PM EDT
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March 12, 2021
01:29 AM CST
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March 3, 2021
11:02 AM SAST
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March 3, 2021
03:53 PM SAST
Description
A leaf from Searsia chirindensis had been neatly and firmly origamied into a triangular container. I inspected it, expecting a spider - instead were a few ants and another wee mystery thing, neither of which I think did the leaf-folding.
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February 28, 2021
09:41 PM SAST
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February 23, 2021
10:34 PM -03
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February 5, 2021
10:55 PM SAST
Description
A natal droptail ant with an extra pair of legs.
Date Added
August 6, 2019
10:09 AM SAST
Description
Kleinmond coccinea shelter reared
9 April 2019:
Collected large frass-n-silk shelter on Erica coccinea.
26 May 2019:
It turns out that there are at least two individuals sharing this shelter.
18 June 2019:
I noticed that there was a concentration of nest material below the shelter in the tub, firmly attached to the tissue paper lining. On further inspection I found a cocoon in there.
31 July 2019:
The first of my two inhabitants emerged. Cocoon #2 is still on the shelf.
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January 18, 2021
07:09 PM SAST
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August 5, 2020
10:58 PM SAST
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July 23, 2020
02:26 PM UTC
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September 30, 2019
01:58 PM SAST
Description
@petersilingsby , what do you make of these. The pubescence is sparse when compared to C auropubens but goldish in colour and the stout bristle - like hairs more prominent to my eye. Medium sized ~ 8mm I would guess.
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June 25, 2020
09:19 PM SAST
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June 24, 2020
04:29 PM EAT
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June 13, 2020
09:13 PM AWST
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June 6, 2020
05:07 AM UTC
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June 6, 2020
05:10 AM UTC
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May 23, 2020
06:13 AM AEST
Description
Silky Hairstreak caterpillars with attendant ants.
On a broad leafed wattle these small, black caterpillars were apparently be lovingly looked after by groups of grey and black ants. The caterpillars were about 15mm long. I could not see what the ants were getting from the caterpillar but they seemed to be regularly checking the rear end.
In a local nature reserve adjoining a large national park both dominated by various eucalyptus species.
"Occurring mainly in the Dandenong Ranges where it breeds on wattles (Acacia sp.). An early spring species whose larvae feed on Blackwood (A. melanoxylon) and Silver Wattle (A. dealbata). The larvae are attended by the strong smelling ant, Anonychomyrma biconvexa. Pupation usually occurs under the bark of nearby eucalypts. " - Museum Victoria
Conservation status HIGHLY VULNERABLE
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May 21, 2020
08:58 AM KST
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May 19, 2020
11:03 PM UTC
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May 19, 2020
11:09 PM UTC
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May 19, 2020
01:36 AM UTC
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May 19, 2020
01:37 AM UTC
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May 17, 2020
10:32 PM CEST
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May 16, 2020
01:14 PM IST
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May 14, 2020
01:37 PM PDT
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May 12, 2020
02:01 PM PDT
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May 12, 2020
04:30 PM PDT
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May 12, 2020
02:34 AM IST
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April 29, 2020
09:29 PM SAST
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April 24, 2020
02:41 PM EDT
Description
Known colony under decaying log.
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April 24, 2020
07:23 AM UTC
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December 10, 2019
12:25 PM UTC
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April 20, 2020
05:03 AM SAST
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April 19, 2020
07:45 PM SAST
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April 19, 2020
01:03 PM NZST
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April 19, 2020
06:32 AM CAT
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April 17, 2020
04:41 PM UTC
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April 17, 2020
08:08 PM SAST
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April 16, 2020
11:12 PM CEST
Description
January 2020.
Poona Lake, Great Sandy NP, Queensland, Australia.
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April 15, 2020
05:37 PM -03
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March 4, 2020
06:54 AM PST
Description
Holds abdomen in a very upright posture. Scavenging dead insects at wrack line. Solitary and very active.
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April 14, 2020
08:43 PM WEST
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April 15, 2020
12:40 PM NZST
Description
more lockdown bug hunting.
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April 12, 2020
07:24 PM UTC
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April 11, 2020
05:28 PM SAST
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April 8, 2020
03:51 PM UTC
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April 8, 2020
06:36 PM CST
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April 6, 2020
04:44 PM KST
Description
May be some other Ectomomyrmex species though E. leeuwenhookei seems to fit well with its pilosity(which would be much denser in the Singaporean E. overbecki) and thick rectangular petiole.
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March 12, 2020
07:47 PM CAT
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April 3, 2020
07:37 PM SAST
Description
Tiny kitchen ants. Didn't come in for long, just a couple of days.
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April 2, 2020
01:34 PM UTC
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April 1, 2020
06:41 PM CEST
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March 29, 2020
05:56 PM CAT
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March 31, 2020
07:59 PM SAST
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March 31, 2020
09:11 AM SAST
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March 30, 2020
02:40 PM CST
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March 27, 2020
11:25 AM CDT
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January 28, 2020
10:51 AM UTC
Description
Red head & thoracic and black abdomen ?
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March 25, 2020
12:39 PM CET
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January 28, 2020
01:36 PM KST
Description
First surprised by how common they are, then astonished on how irresponsible they are. These ants were literally under every damp logs, quite common for dracula ants I guess. They were found with cocoons several times as many as there were workers, but the workers didn't really care about the brood, just busy hiding or playing dead. (which made it a little challenging to take pictures)
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March 23, 2020
03:57 PM SAST
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March 23, 2020
12:09 AM SAST
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March 23, 2020
10:07 AM AEST
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March 21, 2020
02:27 PM AEDT
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March 21, 2020
12:00 AM UTC
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February 21, 2020
10:42 PM AEDT
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March 19, 2020
08:47 AM KST
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March 13, 2020
01:36 PM CET
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March 13, 2020
12:47 PM EDT
Description
Macro lens attached to phone
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March 13, 2020
05:29 PM PDT
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March 14, 2020
09:30 PM AWST
Date Added
March 14, 2020
09:33 PM AWST
What
Ants
(Family Formicidae)
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March 15, 2020
03:52 PM +07
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March 15, 2020
11:32 AM SAST
Description
On Strelitizia nicolai leaves in Coastal Forest.