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Ontario,California - 4/30/21

Started By BrandonM , Apr 30 2021 6:44 AM

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#1 Offline BrandonM - Posted April 30 2021 - 6:44 AM

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Location of collection: Black light in suburb backyard

Date collected: 4/30/21

Habitat: Unknown

Length - 5mm

Coloration: Dark brown in regular sunlight, banding around gaster. Smooth and slightly shiny

Behavior: Nothing of note

Nest description: Unknown

Ran black light in backyard last night (4:30pm - 10pm) and this morning (4:30am - 7:00am) and caught one dealate and an other still with wings (3rd was accidentally crushed while collecting) in collection tub. Saw 3-4, what I believe, were males last night.

If these are queen ants, my first concern is if I need to separate them (they were near each other in the tub, but not touching).

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Please let me know if additional info or pictures are needed.

Thank you!


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#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted April 30 2021 - 6:59 AM

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Brachymyrmex patagonicus. Fully claustral and polygynous species.
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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/

#3 Offline BrandonM - Posted April 30 2021 - 7:04 AM

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Brachymyrmex patagonicus. Fully claustral and polygynous species.


Thank you for the quick response! I promise to research the species more fully, I just found two more, can I add them together for a founding colony of four queens?


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#4 Offline Manitobant - Posted April 30 2021 - 7:07 AM

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Brachymyrmex patagonicus. Fully claustral and polygynous species.


Thank you for the quick response! I promise to research the species more fully, I just found two more, can I add them together for a founding colony of four queens?
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yes, though i would keep one queen by herself as a separate colony, just in case something goes wrong and one colony dies.
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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/

#5 Offline BrandonM - Posted April 30 2021 - 7:09 AM

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[/quote] yes, though i would keep one queen by herself as a separate colony, just in case something goes wrong and one colony dies.[/quote]

Excellent advice! Thanks again!


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#6 Offline BrandonM - Posted April 30 2021 - 8:13 AM

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For reference, this is my black light set up that I built from other people’s examples in this forum. Lots of mosquitos…

Light sources: 2 - 20 watt fluorescent UV bulbs (350nm).

2 - 12 watt 300 led UV strand (385nm - 400nm).

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#7 Offline ZTYguy - Posted April 30 2021 - 8:24 AM

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wow


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#8 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 30 2021 - 11:42 AM

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You could catch the Mother Ship with that one!
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#9 Offline BrandonM - Posted April 30 2021 - 12:26 PM

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You could catch the Mother Ship with that one!


There was a police helicopter circling nearby the other day and I was joking the same to my wife.


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#10 Offline JoeByron - Posted May 2 2021 - 8:43 PM

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Which time frame did you catch them on? Just curious


#11 Offline ZTYguy - Posted May 2 2021 - 8:44 PM

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I’d think at night, I catch my pats at around 8:30 all the way till 10


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#12 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted May 3 2021 - 3:05 AM

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Which time frame did you catch them on? Just curious

Pretty sure during the morning time frame since he said he caught them on the 30th.


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#13 Offline BrandonM - Posted May 5 2021 - 9:34 AM

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Which time frame did you catch them on? Just curious


ZTYguy is correct. All I’ve caught (8 thus far) were during 8:30pm - 10:30pm. The last couple of nights have been warm and males have been outnumbering the mosquitos. I have a cheap led UV bar that seems to attract the males better than the “tower rig”! Below is a link, it’s even usb for those that use batteries in remote areas.

Black Light Jubapoz UV LED Black... https://www.amazon.c...op_mob_ap_share


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#14 Offline BrandonM - Posted May 5 2021 - 9:43 AM

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Which time frame did you catch them on? Just curious

Pretty sure during the morning time frame since he said he caught them on the 30th.

That is correct. The first were actually collected in the early am within the collection bucket.

Having said that the next night, there were males and a few queens in the evening. 8pm when the males showed up and ~9:30pm for the queens.

The last two evenings, the males have been outnumbering the mosquitos, but no queens.


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