Species: Camponotus herculeanus
Date: May 6-2017
Time: 2-5pm
Temperature: 25c [that's really hot for Canada esp. this time of the year]
Humidity: I don't have the exact number but it was pretty humid
Wind: There was a lot of wind
I only found a few de-alate queens running around, and when they fly they usually cover everywhere. I also usually hear people complain about "those darn huge ants are out again" and that hasn't happened yet, so I assume it was just a pre-flight and the main flight [where there's hundreds of queens everywhere] will happen either today [fingers crossed] or Tomorrow.
Been really hot out lately much like Crystals, we in Saskatchewan are nearly breaking heat records!
plus the weather looked perfect for a flight. It's the hottest these 3 days so far this year and it's going to be cooler the next month. There hasn't been a recent rain but it's very moist up here. Lots of mosquitos. They said it's the most rain they ever had this season since they started recording since like the late 1800's. There's still lots of snow near the peaks. The pack is taller than a Suburban. The forestry guys had to crawl out the back cuz they couldn't get the doors open.
