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When is the nuptial flights for most ants in the Philippines?


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#1 Offline Hightlyze - Posted March 14 2019 - 1:54 AM

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Also where is the most likely place to find them around my area? Specifically camponotus aka carpenter ant.
Edit: it's actually a Odontoponera

Edited by Hightlyze, March 14 2019 - 2:48 AM.

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#2 Offline Leo - Posted March 14 2019 - 2:39 AM

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Well we need to know how your area looks like first don't we?



#3 Offline Hightlyze - Posted March 14 2019 - 2:45 AM

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Well we need to know how your area looks like first don't we?

https://m.imgur.com/a/H5bMa0P
That's where worker ants usually show up

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#4 Offline Hightlyze - Posted March 14 2019 - 2:46 AM

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I didn't have pictures of the flower areas or something like that.

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#5 Offline Leo - Posted March 14 2019 - 2:50 AM

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Probably soon, I live in asia too and I got some camponotus a few days ago



#6 Offline Hightlyze - Posted March 14 2019 - 2:50 AM

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Probably soon, I live in asia too and I got some camponotus a few days ago

How do Odontoponera Queens look like?

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#7 Offline Leo - Posted March 14 2019 - 3:13 AM

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Like the workers, with a bigger thorax. Check out my ponerine ant journal, there are a few on there



#8 Offline Hightlyze - Posted March 14 2019 - 3:55 AM

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Like the workers, with a bigger thorax. Check out my ponerine ant journal, there are a few on there

Like this?https://imgur.com/a/otzAult

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#9 Offline Leo - Posted March 14 2019 - 5:25 AM

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http://www.formicult...18/?hl=ponerine



#10 Offline Hightlyze - Posted March 14 2019 - 5:34 AM

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I placed a link to a photo. What kind is it? It's also gone and half dead.

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#11 Offline Leo - Posted March 14 2019 - 5:43 AM

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Super blurry, no measurements AND the queen is upside down. Probably Ectomommyrmex



#12 Offline Hightlyze - Posted March 14 2019 - 5:59 AM

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Super blurry, no measurements AND the queen is upside down. Probably Ectomommyrmex


That's a queen?!?!?

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#13 Offline Leo - Posted March 14 2019 - 3:19 PM

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yes, 95% sure



#14 Offline Hightlyze - Posted March 14 2019 - 4:51 PM

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yes, 95% sure

I killed it few weeks ago for fun and I didn't realize it's a queen?!?!
https://www.google.c...y1EBn6YISyAMazA

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#15 Offline Leo - Posted March 14 2019 - 8:43 PM

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Yeah, good job XD






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