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[JimmyVe]

Queen: 7mm big
Location (natural habitat): South America.

Could be a fire ant, not sure which one.

[miszt]

looks like a fireant, cant tell you witch one one tho

[JimmyVe]

That is what i'm looking for.

[sithmaster676]

it is definitely a fire ant of some type but like miszt said i can tell you either what it is but nice specimen
Sithmaster676

[miszt]

I've had a look thru lots of pics, and the closest i can find is Solenopsis invicta...

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[JimmyVe]

Thanks miszt, could be, looks very much like her also the size looks wright. You can see the sting very well on the picture of the queen (also in my pictures you can see it, the 1ste picture).

[miszt]

yeah thats what i was thinking, also the hair, legs and head formations are almost identical, although her gast seems a bit diffrent, more pointed in the pic you posted, but that may just be the light/shadows, right colors tho

[JimmyVe]

in deed, for now i'm going to stick with this one. Thanks.

[Gordon C. Snelling]

Can you post a better pic of just the antenna??

[JimmyVe]

Okay, i shall try.

[Skippy]

I heard some info about sending Solenopsis (fire ant) from South America to Europe ,my friend also received one colony ,so I will try to ask him if he´ll be online on ICQ ... looks interesting ant on photo ... maybe I´ll try some small colony ,later

[JimmyVe]

yes but be ware with these ants, they are not very nice, they can sting really bad.

Still not managed to get a better picture of the antenna.

[Kiam]

lol yeah it does hurt alot and worse is they dont just sting once like other species do they just keep stinging till you get them off you i believe lol and you will need a huge basin

[miszt]

the first sting releases pheramones, which trigger a mass swarm from the colony, all with one purpose, sting anything and everything that moves

very dangerous ants, a friend of myne ended up in hospital for a week after he was attacked while camping once

[Necturus]

Sorry to dampen the spirits, but Solenopsis invicta is one of the most dangerous ants to keep. I'm not even refering to possible dangers to the keeper- i'm refering to the fact that Solenopsis invicta is present all over the world, and produces costs of several hundreds of million dollars(!) in the attempt to fight them back from the invaded areas, in which only very few groundliving species of the natural population remain. If they where ever to get out, there's the possibility they will establish themselves in europe and cause the same kind of damage here. Of course chances might be slim and there are climatic differences. But it happend a lot of times before, for example with Monomorium pharaonis, with most likely no chances to ever get rid of them again- they survive by adapting to heated areas, which are plenty even in winter in industrial times.
So please guys, be smart - don't keep invasive or "incestous" species. There are lots of "cool" species around. Picking the dangerous ones won't get anything else then a shaking head from any decent antkeeper.
Greetings,
Necturus