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[Harnaś]

Can you help me to id that specie?







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[baumarkthammer]

Those are pretty sure Solenopsis geminata. There is a chance it could be another Solenopsis species, but it pretty sure will be S. geminata.

[Harnaś]

There is a chance that this is Pheidole sp.?

It can't be a Solenopsis geminata because my friend catch it in Singapore. Solenopsis geminata comes from America.
On the other hand it can not be a Solenopsis geminata because i feed them honey and insects. Solenopsis geminata eats seeds.

[Creature]

Normaly even Harvester ants dont eat only seeds. They also feed on honey and insects

[Pi.Ag3]

It can't be a Solenopsis geminata because my friend catch it in Singapore. Solenopsis geminata comes from America.

Sure they can! Solenopsis geminata is world-wide distributed, and could often be found in Asia. I've seen many colonys of S. geminata in Thailand. They definitive do not eat only seeds! They are carnivorous.
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Greetings, Phil

[Harnaś]

I am not a novice ant keeper. I know that. But I give them only honey and insect and now i have more than ten workers and much more progeny. I dont think that it is possible with harvest ants.

I cant open your link Pi.Ag3.

[Pi.Ag3]

Solenopsis geminata eats seeds.

I think you probably mean Pogonomyrmex, which are american harvester ants?

Greetings, Phil

[Harnaś]

Off course Pogonomyrmex comes from America but Solenopsis invicta or geminata too.
You're right Solenopsis geminata is very expansive and it can live in Indonesia and Singapur.
Other propositions?

[baumarkthammer]

It surley isn´t Pheidole. Sure Solenopsis.
As far as I know Solenopsis sometimes also eats seeds rarley.
But it would be possible to raise and feef a colony of harvesting ants only with insects and sugar. I would even be a big problem to raise them only with seeds.