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Southern California Anting

Started By dspdrew , Mar 6 2015 5:57 PM

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#1841 Offline Arthroverts - Posted August 15 2020 - 2:36 PM

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I’m worried I will run out of test tubes. I naught 60 a while ago. A few broke and I am using most now, . But I will most likely be out there tomorrow


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I don't have any extras myself at the moment. Going to be catching stuff with my other invertebrate containers (because there'll be Scolopendra polymorpha and millipedes out too) till I can get some more.

 

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#1842 Offline Am3ricanBanana - Posted August 15 2020 - 4:43 PM

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I’m so excited but I don’t have any experience out there. Where are some good spots to go?

#1843 Offline Broncos - Posted August 15 2020 - 5:08 PM

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I’m so excited but I don’t have any experience out there. Where are some good spots to go?

15 miles west of Phelan/cajon pass.


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#1844 Offline TechAnt - Posted August 15 2020 - 5:15 PM

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Hopefully I can get out there too! Isn’t there a heat wave passing through Cajon Pass and some nearby areas though.

Also this is the most people I have seen going to one place / hoping to go at the same time on the forum.
But I’m unsure where exactly I would go, can anybody point on a map / give a rough GPS coordinate, as all I got was 15 miles west of cajon pass/phelan which is not fairly specific.
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(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#1845 Offline Broncos - Posted August 15 2020 - 5:18 PM

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Yea I was just going to ask that. All I see on the weather radar is rain in lake Los Angeles.


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#1846 Offline Broncos - Posted August 15 2020 - 5:32 PM

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I just want to know where I can pull of the road and go looking


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#1847 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 15 2020 - 6:24 PM

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This sounds so exciting, I want to go. Too bad I’m on the opposite side of the continent where it’s rained just about every day this month.
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#1848 Offline TechAnt - Posted August 15 2020 - 6:25 PM

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I just want to know where I can pull of the road and go looking
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Me too.

I really hope I could get there and find something as in full disclosure and truth, I never have caught a queen, I hardly have seen natives ants ever too. Just endless boards of Argentines infesting wherever I go, even finding a single worker ant that’s not a Argentine will make me so happy.

This sounds so exciting, I want to go. Too bad I’m on the opposite side of the continent where it’s rained just about every day this month.


I mean at least you have flights there, Cali has been dry in flights as it’s desert has been until now.
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(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#1849 Offline M_Ants - Posted August 15 2020 - 6:32 PM

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Wish I could go. No rain down here. :(


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#1850 Offline StopSpazzing - Posted August 15 2020 - 6:37 PM

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I’m worried I will run out of test tubes. I naught 60 a while ago. A few broke and I am using most now, . But I will most likely be out there tomorrow


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Sell the extra as soon as you can. 60 queens is a lot to take care of. I learned the hard way, no more than 15 colonies max for me. Good luck!

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#1851 Offline Broncos - Posted August 15 2020 - 9:59 PM

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Did anyone have luck in Phelan today?


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#1852 Offline TechAnt - Posted August 15 2020 - 10:09 PM

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Did anyone have luck in Phelan today?
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Yeah I am heading out there tomorrow, though I do hope somebody found stuff so I can be confident-ish that I could find a queen.
My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#1853 Offline Arthroverts - Posted August 15 2020 - 10:54 PM

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You will rarely get a straight location on a public forum (or even through PM) if the people who have the experience don't know you very well. It is a bit maddening at times, and I'm currently picking through Google Maps (trying in vain to get older Accuweather radar readings of the rain from today) looking for a less-populated place where stuff might be found.

 

Smoke Tree Road might be where myself and another friend try tomorrow morning.

 

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#1854 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 16 2020 - 3:09 AM

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Arthroverts,
I’m happy to live where I do. Diversity is through the roof, and I find cool queens right on my own patio. I hope you all find cool stuff today, though!
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#1855 Offline Broncos - Posted August 16 2020 - 7:51 AM

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4 inches of rain, 15 miles west of phelan/cajon pass. Heading up there tonight and also tomorrow night

Did you get anything?


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#1856 Offline Arthroverts - Posted August 16 2020 - 8:04 AM

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Arthroverts,
I’m happy to live where I do. Diversity is through the roof, and I find cool queens right on my own patio. I hope you all find cool stuff today, though!

My post was made towards the other Southern Californians in this thread, ha ha.

 

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#1857 Offline Kalidas - Posted August 16 2020 - 10:10 AM

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I certainly would like to try. Would have to ask the lady.

#1858 Offline TechAnt - Posted August 16 2020 - 10:35 AM

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I think I will head out by Pinon Hills / Cajon Pass, I believe people have found stuff like Pheidole, Camponotus, Veromessor, and pots round Pinon on the forum. From what I recall they were found by dspdrew and Nurbs from what I see in the search bar.

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My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#1859 Offline M_Ants - Posted August 16 2020 - 10:38 AM

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I think I will head out by Pinon Hills / Cajon Pass, I believe people have found stuff like Pheidole, Camponotus, Veromessor, and pots round Pinon on the forum. From what I recall they were found by dspdrew and Nurbs from what I see in the search bar.

So jealous of you LA  people.  


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Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

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#1860 Offline TechAnt - Posted August 16 2020 - 10:40 AM

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I think I will head out by Pinon Hills / Cajon Pass, I believe people have found stuff like Pheidole, Camponotus, Veromessor, and pots round Pinon on the forum. From what I recall they were found by dspdrew and Nurbs from what I see in the search bar.

So jealous of you LA  people.
Why did you make me feel so bad..
Sorry M_ants, I bet now rain will begin starting up again (hopefully) and it may move down to SD. So I think you will be good.
My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen
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