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Camponotus have second batch of alates?


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#1 Offline Manitobant - Posted July 23 2019 - 5:25 PM

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Today I went out looking for formica queens and was surprised to discover that one of my local camponotus novaeboracensis colonies nesting under a log had another batch of alates, even though they stopped flying almost a month ago. Is this normal and is there certain conditions that trigger it? If so, does that mean that there will be two camponotus flights in the same year?

#2 Offline Serafine - Posted July 24 2019 - 2:46 AM

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Not all alates fly at the first nuptial flight.


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#3 Offline Manitobant - Posted July 24 2019 - 5:58 PM

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Not all alates fly at the first nuptial flight.

I mean like they literally had no alates for a few weeks and all of a sudden have tons




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