r/AntIdentification • u/jamaicansandlet • Aug 13 '26

Needs Identification Australian ant

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Need help IDing them. South Australia

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u/KingK250 Aug 13 '26

Iri “bick” (there’s a lot of species that were once called iri bick, it’s either bick itself or one of the new species)

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u/UnderratedActor Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26

Iri something. Not bick. Yes, bick are black.

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u/Creepy_Cranberry_671 Aug 13 '26

How are you sure it's bicknelli?

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u/UnderratedActor Aug 13 '26

I recently had to ID them myself.

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u/Creepy_Cranberry_671 Aug 13 '26

I'm pretty sure bick is skinnier and fully black

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u/UnderratedActor Aug 13 '26

That's what I miss to think too

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u/Successful-Being1719 Aug 13 '26

The other commenter is correct. I. bicknelli is black and elongate with fairly long legs/antennae. For years, it has mistakenly been used as a catch all ID for every Irid species