Please ID this ant! Australian Queen!

[JackPayne]

hi guys i'm Jack, I am really new to antkeeping, i have only had my ant for a week.
I caught her on the 22nd of March, in Australia, NSW, Wollongong on some concrete after a lon week of rain.
she is around 1 centimetre long or 1o milimetres long.

Sorry that the photos are kinda dodgy but, i dont have any cameras to take good clearer photos. hopefully this will do.

Thanks in advance!

[JackPayne]

Also I reckon she is a tetramorium species.

[Firestar987654321]

I think judging by the size of her gaster, I would think it's safe to say it is fully-claustral, so you dont need to feeed her for a while.

[Martialis]

I'd almost like to say Iridomyrmex or a smaller Camponotus.

[Batspiderfish]

Can't tell from the photos, but she does have the looks of Iridomyrmex.

[JackPayne]

Thanks guys, I'll do some research into these species and try to get some better photos.
Much appreciated!

[JackPayne]

By looking through images of iridomyrmyx queens and i have to agree the high quality images of the all black species look awfully similiar, especially as My queen did have those brown lines down her gaster.

Unfortunately my camera is really lacking but I can try in the future for a better shot.

[IridomyrmexJ]

I have a queen almost identical. Iridomyrmex

[JackPayne]

I have a queen almost identical. Iridomyrmex

Great! Thanks

At what stage is your queen at? Mine is still founding, how long do you reckon she Wil take for her first nanitic. Because she has had a cluster of 2-3 eggs for about a week now. Also any tips or advice for Iridomyrmyx ants?

[IridomyrmexJ]

Well, I started with 3 queens (all iridomyrmex) After only a day or two they had all layed eggs. After maybe 2-3 weeks I went to Japan for 2 weeks and when I got back one queen was dead, and in the other 2 soon to be colonies there were pupae who would eclose soon. 1-2 months for workers I'd says. For some reason one of my queens who had 4 workers decided to randomly die one day. I took the brood and put it in the other colony. I don't think this is normal but my other colony is on 4 workers after 4 months or so. Good luck with your queen. If you live in Australia pheidole are out at the moment and I've recently been to Tasmania where I saw a few queens around.