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Southern California Anting

Started By dspdrew , Mar 6 2015 5:57 PM

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#2001 Offline NickAnter - Posted April 23 2021 - 2:25 PM

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Cardiocondyla mauritanica have flown today. I found two queens, and put them with the lone queen I had already. They cannot found with a single queen.


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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). 

#2002 Offline BADANT - Posted April 24 2021 - 8:45 AM

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I can confirm San Bernardino Mountains, I caught over a dozen each of C. sansebeanus and C. vicinus. I also caught about half a dozen C. maritimus along the side of highway 330, in a turn out. I've sold most of my CA02 queens, just in time to make room in my test tube racks for them. So far this season has started very well


#2003 Offline ReignofRage - Posted April 24 2021 - 9:40 PM

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Caught a couple Camponotus clarithorax at San Bernardino Mountains today (4/24/21).


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#2004 Offline Broncos - Posted April 24 2021 - 9:41 PM

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Caught a Camponotus Clarithorax and Camponotus Yogi at San Bernardino Mountains today (4/24/21).

We’re they flying? I’ll go tomorrow if they were.

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#2005 Offline ReignofRage - Posted April 24 2021 - 9:42 PM

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Caught a Camponotus Clarithorax and Camponotus Yogi at San Bernardino Mountains today (4/24/21).

We’re they flying? I’ll go tomorrow if they were.

 

No, they flew a while ago I think. Didn't see or find more than those two queens, both of which were in wood.


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#2006 Offline Broncos - Posted April 24 2021 - 9:42 PM

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Caught a Camponotus Clarithorax and Camponotus Yogi at San Bernardino Mountains today (4/24/21).

We’re they flying? I’ll go tomorrow if they were.
No, they flew a while ago I think.
Oh dang ok


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#2007 Offline ReignofRage - Posted April 24 2021 - 9:55 PM

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Anyone still catching camponotus?

Some people are yes.

 

Would you know where people are catching them? I heard Los Anteles got 50 C. Sansabeanus at Griffith park. 

 

Throughout the mountain ranges, there's still stragglers.


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#2008 Offline AntsLA-1 - Posted April 25 2021 - 5:52 PM

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Any Formica/Lasius? I went on a trip a few days ago and couldn't find anything but a few Sansabeanus workers. 


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#2009 Offline ReignofRage - Posted April 25 2021 - 6:03 PM

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Any Formica/Lasius? I went on a trip a few days ago and couldn't find anything but a few Sansabeanus workers. 

I found a Formica francoeuri queen a couple weeks ago, don't know about other places though.


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#2010 Offline Broncos - Posted April 25 2021 - 7:41 PM

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Any Formica/Lasius? I went on a trip a few days ago and couldn't find anything but a few Sansabeanus workers.

I found a Formica Francoeuri queen a couple weeks ago, don't know about other places though.
Dang it. I’m missing every flight. . Where did you find them? I’m making a species spotting sheet. So I know which species live at which park or desert.


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#2011 Offline NickAnter - Posted April 25 2021 - 7:55 PM

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Hypoponera and Pheidole navigans should begin flying in the coastal OC suburbs soon. I imagine sometime in July Formica perpilosa will as well.


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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). 

#2012 Offline ReignofRage - Posted May 2 2021 - 9:33 PM

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Caught a Camponotus essigi queen 5/1/21


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#2013 Offline ZTYguy - Posted May 2 2021 - 9:41 PM

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A. versicolor, C. us-ca02, C. yogi, C. Vicinus, C. laevigatus, C. clarithorax, C. maritimus, C. ocreatus, M. mexicanus, M. placodops 01, V. andrei, V. pergandei, N. cockerelli, P. barbata, P. montanus

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M. romanei, M. placodops 02, P. imberbiculus, Polyergus sp., F. moki, A. megomatta, Cyphomyrmex sp.,Temnothorax sp.

#2014 Offline ReignofRage - Posted May 3 2021 - 6:54 AM

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Rip, it's in my "My Ants" gallery.


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#2015 Offline dspdrew - Posted May 3 2021 - 12:17 PM

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Rip, it's in my "My Ants" gallery.

 

 

You posted that image, not a gallery.


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#2016 Offline ReignofRage - Posted May 3 2021 - 1:07 PM

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Rip, it's in my "My Ants" gallery.

 

 

You posted that image, not a gallery.

 

Yeah, I tried posting something from the gallery. Just told ZTY that it was in my gallery because it didn't embed.


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#2017 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted May 7 2021 - 3:44 AM

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Figured I would drop in to say I might live here in August or later.


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#2018 Offline ZTYguy - Posted May 7 2021 - 7:32 AM

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Nice! Always great to have more Cali anters.


Ant Keeping Since June 2018
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A. versicolor, C. us-ca02, C. yogi, C. Vicinus, C. laevigatus, C. clarithorax, C. maritimus, C. ocreatus, M. mexicanus, M. placodops 01, V. andrei, V. pergandei, N. cockerelli, P. barbata, P. montanus

Hoping to Catch This season:

M. romanei, M. placodops 02, P. imberbiculus, Polyergus sp., F. moki, A. megomatta, Cyphomyrmex sp.,Temnothorax sp.

#2019 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted May 7 2021 - 7:35 AM

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Nice! Always great to have more Cali anters.

we need more Coloradans


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#2020 Offline AntsLA-1 - Posted May 13 2021 - 6:15 AM

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A few days ago I found a dead Pogonomyrmex Californicus Dealate in a parking lot, is anyone catching live Pogonomyrmex queens yet?


Edited by AntsLA-1, May 13 2021 - 6:16 AM.

Ants are cute, that's that.

 

 

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