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[VoidElecent]

Species: Lasius alienus (x2), Formica pallidefulva (x2)

Location: Horsham, Pennsylvania. On my driveway

Date: July 10, 2017

Time: 6:30-7:30 PM

Temp: 85°F

Humidity: 58%

Rain: 2 days prior

 

[VoidElecent]

Species: Temnothorax curvispinosus (x16), Temnothorax ambiguus (x10), Temnothorax longispinosus (x2)

Location: Horsham, Pennsylvania. To a blacklight

Date: July 10, 2017

Time: 9:30 -11:00 PM

Temp: 81°F

Humidity: 40%

Rain: 2 days prior

 

[VoidElecent]

Species: Tetramorium Sp. E

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Date: July 10, 2017

Time: 9:00 AM

Temp: 79°F

Humidity: 68%

Rain: 3 days prior

 

Found this queen in a train on the way to work, she must have hopped on someone's clothes or luggage and jumped off once they boarded. It looks like in South Eastern PA (or at least the suburbs) species that mate in late June are flying now. In Horsham, a massive Temnothorax flight occurred last night as opposed to some New Jersey suburbs, which experienced flights of similar intensity in mid-late June.

 

In my area, I've noticed that a number of genera (including Crematogaster, Tetramorium, Camponotus, Prenolepis, Temnothorax and a few others) tend to exhibit small-scale flights at times corresponding to documentations of their larger flights in the past, then wait two or three weeks to fly in full-force. I wonder why this is. I had previously associated this phenomenon with the obscure Pennsylvania climate and unstable weather fluctuations, but this two week delay seems uniformly consistent among a very large population of ants. 

 

Any insight?

Edited by VoidElecent, July 11 2017 - 10:24 AM.

[dspdrew]

Species: Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Location: Wild Crossing, California
Date: 7-10-2017
Time: 9:30 AM
Temperature:
Humidity:
Wind:
Rain: Heavy rain day before
 
Species: Solenopsis xyloni, Pheidole hyatti
Location: Wild Crossing, California
Date: 7-10-2017
Time:
Temperature:
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Rain: Heavy rain day before

[Roachant]

Species: Tetramorium Sp. E
Location: Montréal, Quebec
Date: July 12, 2017
Time: 6:45 AM
Temp: 20°C
Humidity: 68%
Rain: During the night

Nuptial flight must have happened last night as my car and pool were full of winged queens but I didn't see any on the ground.
Usually I find this species has their flight during the day so it's odd too see them so early this morning.

[nurbs]

Noticed a storm near the border of California and Nevada at the Mojave National Preserve on July 10th via radar. Went there that day, and noticed the ground was wet but there were no flights that night. It was cold for the desert, around 80. Slept in truck, and the next night they flew at 95 deg. Also made a recording of N. cockerelli nuptial fight and found a handful of C. fragilis, something I've always wanted

 

Species: N. cockerelli, C. fragilis, P. rugosus, P. gilvescens, Crematogaster sp.

Location: Nipton, CA

Date: 7-11-2017

Time: 8-9pm

Temperature: 95

Humidity: 30%

Rain: Heavy rain two days prior

 

 

 

 

 

[Scrixx]

 

Noticed a storm near the border of California and Nevada at the Mojave National Preserve on July 10th via radar. Went there that day, and noticed the ground was wet but there were no flights that night. It was cold for the desert, around 80. Slept in truck, and the next night they flew at 95 deg. Also made a recording of N. cockerelli nuptial fight and found a handful of C. fragilis, something I've always wanted

 

Species: N. cockerelli, C. fragilis, P. rugosus, P. gilvescens, Crematogaster sp.

Location: Nipton, CA

Date: 7-11-2017

Time: 8-9pm

Temperature: 95

Humidity: 30%

Rain: Heavy rain two days prior

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wait so you spent 24 hours out there? That's crazy, great haul though and thanks for sharing. 

[nurbs]

 

 

Noticed a storm near the border of California and Nevada at the Mojave National Preserve on July 10th via radar. Went there that day, and noticed the ground was wet but there were no flights that night. It was cold for the desert, around 80. Slept in truck, and the next night they flew at 95 deg. Also made a recording of N. cockerelli nuptial fight and found a handful of C. fragilis, something I've always wanted

 

Species: N. cockerelli, C. fragilis, P. rugosus, P. gilvescens, Crematogaster sp.

Location: Nipton, CA

Date: 7-11-2017

Time: 8-9pm

Temperature: 95

Humidity: 30%

Rain: Heavy rain two days prior

 

 

 

Wait so you spent 24 hours out there? That's crazy, great haul though and thanks for sharing. 

 

 

Two days and one night, yeah. First night was a total bust, so decided to stay another night to see if they would fly the day after.

[dspdrew]

These also flew in Nipton, CA

 

Species: Cyphomyrmex wheeleri, Unidentified species [236]

Location: Nipton, California

Date: 7-11-2017

Time: 7:00 AM

Temperature:

Humidity:

Wind: Light wind

Rain: Recent heavy rain

[VoidElecent]

Species: Solenopsis molesta (x15), Formica pallidefulva

Location: Ambler, PA

Date: 7-11-2017

Time: 6:00-6:45 pm

Temperature: 84° F

Humidity: 58%

Rain: Heavy rain day before

Edited by VoidElecent, July 17 2017 - 11:36 AM.

[Kujawaorchids]

Species: Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Location: Golden, Co

Date: 7-16-2017

Time: 6:00-7:00 pm

Temperature: 81° F

Humidity: 52%

Rain: Heavy rain day before

[cpman]

Species: Crematogaster laeviuscula
Location: Austin, TX
Date: 7/16/2017
Time: 4:00pm ish
Temperature: 97° (roughly)
Humidity: 60% ish
Rain: 1/10" the day before, but other areas in my neighborhood may have had more. It was the first rain in almost a month (at my house -- other areas have had some).

Edited by cpman, July 17 2017 - 11:11 AM.

[skocko76]

Species: Crematogaster lorteti. (x3)
Location: Dugopolje, Croatia. On gas station toilette
Date: July 11, 2017
Time: 21:30-22:30 PM
Temp: 85°F
Rain: not in a long while, and none in sight

Edited by skocko76, August 7 2017 - 6:19 AM.

[Martialis]

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

 

Westfield, IN

 

July 19, 2017

 

88 F

 

Not recently, 59% humidity

 

5 MPH Wind

Edited by Martialis, July 19 2017 - 12:36 PM.

[Scrixx]

Species: Pheidole xerophila (23), Pheidole gilvescens (2), Pheidole hyatti (3), Forelius sp. (18) Forelius sp. (3) Dorymyrmex insanus (4)

Location: 29 Palms, CA.

Date: July 19, 2017

Time: 5:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Temp: 90°F

Humidity: 34%

Rain: 12 hours prior

 

Edited by dspdrew, July 19 2017 - 11:09 PM.
Fixed species name

[MegaMyrmex]

Does anybody know where and how to find Trachymyrmex septentrionalis queens/colonies in Maryland? I am searching for them like you wouldn't believe it

[Aaron567]

Species: Camponotus planatus
Location: Fort Pierce, Florida
Date: July 20, 2017
Time: 12:00 PM
Temp: 78°F
Humidity: 91%
Rain: It was raining while I found this queen

Species: Camponotus floridanus, Camponotus tortuganus, Camponotus discolor
Location: Fort Pierce, Florida
Date: July 20, 2017
Time: 9:30 PM
Temp: 78°F
Humidity: 96%
Rain: 2-3 Hours before

[LC3]

Species: Lasius alienus
Location: Richmond, BC. 
Date: July 18, 2017
Time: Sometime during the evening
Temp: 22° - 14°C
Humidity: 
Rain: Light rain on 20, 21 and 22 July

Note: Abundance of the parasitic looking queens and smaller then average males.

Accidentally recorded the smaller males last year as Leptothorax I think.

 

^males from flight

 

^Pictures from Antwiki/Antweb

Edited by LC3, July 21 2017 - 6:13 PM.

[Aaron567]

Species: Camponotus sexguttatus, Camponotus tortuganus, Camponotus floridanus
Location: Fort Pierce, Florida
Date: July 22, 2017
Time: 9:20 PM
Temp: 77°F
Humidity: 92%
Rain: 3 hours before

[dspdrew]

Species: Cyphomyrmex wheeleri, Unidentified species

Location: Nipton, California

Date: 7-17-2017

Time: 11:00 PM

Temperature: 80F

Humidity: 45%

Wind: Heavy wind

Rain: Heavy rain day before

 

Species: Myrmecocystus navajo, M. mexicanus, Pheidole gilvescens

Location: Nipton, California

Date: 7-17-2017

Time:

Temperature:

Humidity:

Wind:

Rain: Heavy rain day before

 

Species: Myrmecocystus mimicus, Myrmecocystus cf. mendax, Forelius sp.

Location: Nipton, California

Date: 7-18-2017

Time: 8:00 AM

Temperature:

Humidity:

Wind: Light wind

Rain: Recent heavy rain

 

Species: Solenopsis xyloni, Crematogaster sp., Dorymyrmex insanus

Location: Nipton, California

Date: 7-18-2017

Time: 9:00 PM

Temperature: 80F

Humidity:

Wind: Moderate wind

Rain: Heavy rain earlier