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[dspdrew]

 Yeah it's all pretty much disappeared.

[AntPhycho]

 Yeah it's all pretty much disappeared.

Just like my hopes of collecting C. fragilis and M. mexicanus 

[ariaant]

There appears to be a  mild increase in temperature this friday-saturday.  I think i might check out trabuco canyon as i will be in OC this weekend.  I know a few people have caught C. fragilis there in the July to August time frame.  According to weather.com it will be 72-75 degrees at 8-9pm with 50-60% humidity and light (4mph) winds. I plan on checking the bushes out there starting from 830 for a few hours.  You think its warm enough?  Any particular good spots up there?  Thanks.  

[Silq]

Do you guys do this in groups/events? I'd be interested in going if it is possible to plan something like this. I figure it would be a bit difficult due to being dependent on the weather.

[mbullock42086]

Found a random gimp quercicola queen a few days ago while trapdoor-hunting- she gets around just fine, seems they have little trouble if they lose leg II. she's in good condition though.

Edited by dspdrew, August 7 2019 - 6:09 AM.
fixed images

[dspdrew]

Found a random gimp quercicola queen a few days ago while trapdoor-hunting- she gets around just fine, seems they have little trouble if they lose leg II. Shes in good condition though.

 

Fixed your images. You can't use an html page in an image tag.

[ponerinecat]

Went blacklighting in our backyard for four nights, caught some solenopsis molest and temnothorax. Also saw a pheidole queen, but she got away.

[AntsCalifornia]

I don't know what it is about the solonopsis molesta species, but it is the only species I can't get to survive for more than a week. I literally put like 10-20 in test tube setups, all dead in the next week or two.

[ponerinecat]

I don't know what it is about the solonopsis molesta species, but it is the only species I can't get to survive for more than a week. I literally put like 10-20 in test tube setups, all dead in the next week or two.

They have the highest infertility rate of any queen I've kept. Caught 4 liometopum queens at lights, all were fertile. Caught 5 solenopsis molesta queens under rocks and 27 at lights, none were fertile.

[ponerinecat]

Stigmatomma pallipes are flying!

[NickAnter]

Right now??? 

[ponerinecat]

Yes, just not in the day.

Edited by ponerinecat, August 8 2019 - 7:39 PM.

[ponerinecat]

Found some cyphomyrmex! Two cool ants in one week! Located at El Dorado Hills Bowmen archery range. I marked a nest behind some green benches with a palm sized rock and some string.

[PTAntFan]

Happy for you, fellow anter, but El Dorado Hills is considered Southern California now? That’s north of Sacramento, which is north of SF, which has always been NorCal has it not?

[FSTP]

Happy for you, fellow anter, but El Dorado Hills is considered Southern California now? That’s north of Sacramento, which is north of SF, which has always been NorCal has it not?

 

 

 

Hhaha! If it is then I can start posting in this thread being in Fresno/Clovis area.

[ponerinecat]

Happy for you, fellow anter, but El Dorado Hills is considered Southern California now? That’s north of Sacramento, which is north of SF, which has always been NorCal has it not?

Oh, freck. I failed geography.

[PTAntFan]

Hahaha! No worries. I just get all excited when I see a post and an exotic sounding species and think “I wonder if I have time to drive to <name of location>.”

[mbullock42086]

 

I don't know what it is about the solonopsis molesta species, but it is the only species I can't get to survive for more than a week. I literally put like 10-20 in test tube setups, all dead in the next week or two.

They have the highest infertility rate of any queen I've kept. Caught 4 liometopum queens at lights, all were fertile. Caught 5 solenopsis molesta queens under rocks and 27 at lights, none were fertile.

 

the cool part though is if you find males they can be bred on the ground (solenopsis not liometopum)

Edited by mbullock42086, August 21 2019 - 4:54 PM.

[mbullock42086]

Huge thunderstorm dropped a ton of rain all over palm springs last night and another bout is headed there right now. Myrmecocystus should fly well.

The area with the most rain was the whitewater area

[TheAntGuy]

Ventusky predicting some rain tomorrow in a couple spots in the desert, not sure if it will follow through or go away before it even happens. If it does end up raining I may be heading out friday night. Only going if i see some good rain, at least an inch or more
Hoping it hits the south entrance to JT, really want to try my luck on acromyrmex this year.