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Queen Ant Spotting/Mating Chart

Started By dspdrew , Dec 17 2013 12:41 PM
anting mating queens swarming alates mating flight nuptial flight

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#1341 Offline ctantkeeper - Posted June 25 2019 - 6:15 PM

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Massive Tetramorium immagrans flight happened in my bedroom last night!!! had to bail alates out of my bed, but I managed to catch 150 queens today so fair trade.


#1342 Offline Martialis - Posted June 25 2019 - 7:54 PM

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Massive Tetramorium immagrans flight happened in my bedroom last night!!! had to bail alates out of my bed, but I managed to catch 150 queens today so fair trade.

 

How?!

 

 

Solenopsis molesta 

10:50 p.m. 

Westfield, IN 

77F ; 60% humidity

 

Camponotus castaeneus 

10:50 p.m. 

Westfield, IN 

77F ; 60% humidity


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#1343 Offline Barristan - Posted June 25 2019 - 9:28 PM

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Species: Formcia cf. rufibarbis

Location: Germany, Bavaria, Bindlach

Date: 2019-06-25

Time: 19:00 - 19:30

Temperature: ~28 °C

Wind: 3 km/h

Humidity: ?

Rain: No recent rain.

It was warm but not sticky.


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#1344 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted June 26 2019 - 5:14 AM

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Lots of Colobopsis and Pheidole flights in White House, Tennessee last night.

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#1345 Offline Aaron567 - Posted June 26 2019 - 12:10 PM

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Species: Forelius sp., Pheidole dentata, Solenopsis pergandei, Solenopsis cf. carolinensis, Pseudomyrmex ejectus, Cyphomyrmex rimosus
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Date: June 2, 2019
Time: 5:00 AM
Temperature: 72F
Humidity: 100%
Wind: 0 mph
Rain:
 
Species: Brachymyrmex depilis, Odontomachus haematodus, Pheidole cf. floridana, Temnothorax curvispinosus, Pheidole metallescens
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Date: June 11, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM
Temperature: 81F
Humidity: 76%
Wind: 5 mph
Rain:

 

Species: Camponotus floridanus, Brachymyrmex depilis, Odontomachus haematodus, Pheidole cf. floridana
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Date: June 19, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM
Temperature: 82F
Humidity: 85%
Wind: 6 mph
Rain:
 
Species: Crematogaster cf. minutissima, Pheidole dentigula, Pseudomyrmex ejectus, Solenopsis cf. carolinensis, Solenopsis cf. tonsa
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Date: June 20, 2019
Time: 5:00 AM
Temperature: 80F
Humidity: 94%
Wind: 5 mph
Rain:

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#1346 Offline NickAnter - Posted June 27 2019 - 8:09 AM

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Species: Monomorium ergatogyna, Solenopsis truncorum.
Date: June 27th
Time:6:30pm
Temperature: 70
Wind: 5mph

Edited by NickAnter, November 25 2020 - 4:31 PM.

Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#1347 Offline Martialis - Posted June 29 2019 - 5:13 AM

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Solenopsis molesta and Camponotus have been flying all week. There was a Lasius interjectus queen, too.


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#1348 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 29 2019 - 6:44 AM

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Massive Tetramorium immagrans flight happened in my bedroom last night!!! had to bail alates out of my bed, but I managed to catch 150 queens today so fair trade.


This happened in my kitchen last year. SO glad it hasn’t happened this year.
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#1349 Offline nurbs - Posted July 3 2019 - 9:00 AM

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Species: Solenopsis xyloni
Location: Cogswell Reservoir Parking Lot, CA
Date: June 29th, 2019
Time: 9-11 PM
Temperature: 67F
Humidity: NA
Wind: NA
Rain: NA
 
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#1350 Offline LC3 - Posted July 3 2019 - 5:55 PM

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Species: Formica adamsi whymperi & Leptothorax cf. canadensis

Location: Everett Cowley Park, Vancouver, BC
Date: Tuesday, July 2, 2019
Time: ~3:00 - 4:00PM? 

Temperature: ~20C 
Humidity: ~70%
Wind: ~20km /h, although the area visited seemed to be pretty sheltered from wind
Rain: Rain on and off for the past 2 or so days ago.

 


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#1351 Offline Aaron567 - Posted July 4 2019 - 11:11 AM

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Species: Crematogaster cf. cerasi, Pogonomyrmex badius
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Date: July 1, 2019
Time: 11:00 AM
Temperature: 88F
Humidity: 63%
Wind: 6 mph
Rain: No storms recently
 
Species: Lasius aphidicola
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Date: July 4, 2019
Time: 12:00 PM
Temperature: 93F
Humidity: 53%
Wind: 6 mph
Rain: No storms recently
 
These Lasius normally fly in May so I was very surprised to find them today on July 4th.
 
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#1352 Offline Barristan - Posted July 4 2019 - 12:31 PM

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Aaron you have to stop you are already top 1 nuptial flight reporter in 2019 and 2018.


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#1353 Offline kingz2015 - Posted July 4 2019 - 2:21 PM

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Why is that an issue?

#1354 Offline Manitobant - Posted July 5 2019 - 7:11 AM

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Species: formica aserva
Location: Winnipeg, manitoba
Date: july 4, 2019
Time: 2:00 PM
Temperature: 27C
Wind: ?
Humidity: ?
Rain: the day before capture (july 3)

Edited by Manitobant, July 5 2019 - 12:41 PM.

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Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
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#1355 Offline Barristan - Posted July 5 2019 - 7:58 AM

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Why is that an issue?

 

It is not an issue I was just kidding ;)


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#1356 Offline kingz2015 - Posted July 5 2019 - 8:03 AM

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Lolz oh

#1357 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 6 2019 - 11:12 AM

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Species: Solenopsis molesta, S. xyloni, Temnothorax sp. [181], Crematogaster cf. mutans, Liometopum occidentale, Nylanderia vividula, Lasius sp. [198], Pheidole sp. [44]
Location: Trabuco Canyon, California
Date:  6-30-2019
Time: 9:00 PM
Temperature: 70 F
Humidity:
Wind: Light wind
Rain: No recent rain


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#1358 Offline Manitobant - Posted July 6 2019 - 12:31 PM

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Species: leptothorax canadensis
Location: Winnipeg Manitoba
Date: July 5, 2019
Time: 5:30 PM
Temperature: 25C
Wind: almost none
Humidity: ?
Rain: July 3

Edited by Manitobant, July 6 2019 - 12:35 PM.

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Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#1359 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 13 2019 - 2:44 AM

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Species: Solenopsis xyloni, Nylanderia vividula, Pheidole vistana
Location: Trabuco Canyon, California
Date:  7-13-2019
Time: 9:00 PM
Temperature: 70 F
Humidity:
Wind: Light wind
Rain: No recent rain


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#1360 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 14 2019 - 11:10 PM

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Species: Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Myrmecocystus mimicus
Location: Taylor, California
Date:  7-15-2019
Time: 5:00 PM
Temperature: 95 F
Humidity:
Wind: No wind
Rain: Rain day before

 

Species: Pogonomyrmex californicus
Location: Taylor, California
Date:  7-15-2019
Time:
Temperature:
Humidity:
Wind:
Rain: Rain day before

 

Species: Pogonomyrmex subnitidus
Location: Pinyon Pines, California
Date:  7-15-2019
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Rain: Rain day before


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