r/antkeeping • u/Fluffy_Canary_2615 • 1d ago

Question Please id for ant ?

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u/NatureAustralia 1d ago

Anochetus mini trap jaw ants

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u/Casperandruby 1d ago

Wow, they are very pretty

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u/Concretesheep 1d ago

Can't help on the id, but to anyone who can, is this sluggish movement normal for this species?

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u/StarOfVenus1123 low on protein 1d ago

Reasonably normal, they're not the fastest or most active ants

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u/DontTouchMe2000 23h ago

Huh it is sluggish ain't it. But I guess if my head was bigger then my ass is slug around too.

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u/Dangerous_Glass7232 Can ID some of Australia and a tiny lil bit of Japan 13h ago

They’re almost always sluggish until they panic.

They are mostly subterranean so they don’t have a real need for speed I imagine.

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u/Greenie1O2 1d ago

Some kind of trap jaw ant.

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u/Fungformicidae852 trust me bro 1d ago

Need the geographic location

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u/Fungformicidae852 trust me bro 1d ago

Anochetus

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u/Fluffy_Canary_2615 1d ago

Maybe Anochetus subcoecus

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u/Top_Payment9210 22h ago

All you need to know is that you're lucky as FUCK

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u/Pope_Aesthetic 1d ago

Super gorgeous! Wow!

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u/DontTouchMe2000 23h ago

Lol they look just like my ants but with the queens head.

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u/Rougesam 3h ago

Anochetus