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[T.C.]

Species: Camponotus herculeanus
Location: Saskatchewan Canada
Date: 5-06-2018 and 5-07-2018
Time: Flight started 7pm on May 6th but queens were still flying and out on May 7th [Which oddly enough is the same exact date as 2017]
Temperature: 24c/75F

Humidity: 23%

Wind: 29 km/h [I dunno what it is in mph]
Rain: A little sprinkle a few days before the flight but no major storm

Method: being outside

 

***Runs out side and starts looking***

[Bracchymyrmex]

Species: Camponotus subbarbatus 
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date:  5-07-2018
Time: 3:00 PM

Temperature: 74° F
Humidity: 54%
Wind: SW 9 mph
Rain: The day before.

[Scrixx]

Species: Solenopsis sp., Dorymyrmex bicolor
Location: Mt. Baldy, CA

Date: 05/09/18

Time:  9:30-11:30PM
Temperature: 68F
Humidity: 42% 
Wind: 0
Rain: None

 

Note: It said 42% humidity but it felt so dry. 

Wunderground: https://www.wundergr...20180509/mdaily

[Aaron567]

Species: Nylanderia faisonensis, Lasius cf. umbratus
Location: Pensacola, Florida

Date: May 10, 2018

Time: 4:30 PM
Temperature: 86F
Humidity: 41% 
Wind: 11 mph
Rain: Light showers a few days ago

 

 

Species: Pheidole bicarinata, Brachymyrmex patagonicus, Camponotus castaneus
Location: Pensacola, Florida

Date: May 10, 2018

Time: 8:00 PM
Temperature: 74F
Humidity: 65% 
Wind: 5 mph
Rain: Light showers a few days ago

[Aaron567]

Species: Camponotus castaneus
Location: Pensacola, Florida

Date: May 13, 2018

Time: 4:00 PM
Temperature: 94F
Humidity: 42% 
Wind: 11 mph
Rain: Raining while caught

 

Species: Pheidole bicarinata, Pheidole navigans, Pheidole obscurithorax
Location: Pensacola, Florida

Date: May 14, 2018

Time: 7:00 AM
Temperature: 72F
Humidity: 86% 
Wind: None
Rain: Thunderstorm day before

 

Species: Brachymyrmex patagonicus, Pheidole bicarinata, Colobopsis impressa, Dorymyrmex bureni
Location: Pensacola, Florida

Date: May 14, 2018

Time: 8:00 PM
Temperature: 80F
Humidity: 70% 
Wind: 6 mph
Rain: Thunderstorm day before

[AnthonyP163]

Species: Myrmecina americana, Stenamma brevicorne

Location: Waukesha, Wisconsin

Date: May 14th 2018

Time: around 4:00 PM

Temperature: 73F

Humidity: around 70%

Wind: 4 mph

Rain: showers earlier in the morning

[skocko76]

Species: Camponotus piceus
Location: Split, Croatia

Date: May 8th  2018.

Time: 2:00 PM
Temperature: 24 C (75F)
Wind: mild
Rain: some minor showers a couple of days prior

 

Found a single de-alate queen. Others of her kin were nowhere to be found.

 

 

[T.C.]

Species: Camponotus novaeboracensis

Location: Tomah, WI

Date: May 15th  2018.

Time: 7:00 PM
Temperature: 81° F
Wind: 4 MPH
Rain: Rain a few hours prior.

 

I may have missed the major flights the night before, as the conditions where perfect.

[VoidElecent]

Species: Camponotus chromaiodes
Location: Sellersville, Pennsylvania.

Date: May 11, 2018

Time: Morning (exact hour unknown)
Method: Dealate during commute.

Notes: Reported externally, identification confirmed by me. Not all conditions are known.

 

Species: Lasius umbratus, Tapinoma sessile
Location: New Kensington, Pennsylvania.

Date: May 14, 2018

Time: Sometime between 4:00-6:00 PM EST.
Method: Dealates found wandering.

Notes: Reported externally, identification confirmed by me. Not all conditions are known.

 

Species: Camponotus chromaiodes
Location: New Kensington, Pennsylvania.

Date: May 11, 2018

Time: Sometime between 4:00-6:00 PM EST.
Method: Found insidelog.

Notes: Reported externally, identification confirmed by me. Not all conditions are known. 

 

Species: Aphaenogaster cf. rudis, Nylanderia sp.
Location: New Kensington, Pennsylvania.

Date: May 10, 2018

Time: Sometime between 4:00-6:00 PM EST.
Method:Aphaenogaster found inside log, Nylanderia dealate found wandering on sidewalk.

Notes: Reported externally, identification confirmed by me. Not all conditions are known. 

 

Species: Nylanderia cf. terricola, Nylanderia cf. faisonensis, Lasius umbratus, Camponotus subbarbatus (ex. males).
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Date: May 15, 2018

Time: Between 12:00 PM and 2:20 PM EST.

Temperature: 84°-88° F.
Wind: Very little.

Humidity: 57%-84%

Pressure: 1009-1013 mb
Rain: Rainy two days before, storm rolling in quickly.
Method: Nylanderia dealates collected mid-flight. One L. umbratus collected from under a log, overwintering; the other was found foraging in a parking lot.

 

Photographs coming.

Edited by VoidElecent, May 20 2018 - 11:33 AM.

[T.C.]

Species: Camponotus herculeanus
Location: Tomah, WI

Date: May 16th  2018.

Time:  1:00 AM
Temperature: 72°F
Wind: 3MPH

Humidity: 52%
Rain: 2 days prior

 

Species: Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Location: Tomah, WI

Date: May 16th  2018.

Time:  1:00 AM
Temperature: 72°F
Wind: 3MPH

Humidity: 52%
Rain: 2 days prior

 

Species: Camponotus nearcticus
Location: Tomah, WI

Date: May 16th  2018.

Time:  1:00 AM
Temperature: 72°F
Wind: 3MPH

Humidity: 52%
Rain: 2 days prior

 

Species: Camponotus noveboracensis
Location: Tomah, WI

Date: May 16th  2018.

Time:  1:00 AM
Temperature: 72°F
Wind: 3MPH

Humidity: 52%
Rain: 2 days prior

[Domanerdor]

Species: Camponotus nearcticus
Location: Durham NC

Date: May 16th  2018.

Time:  11:45
Temperature: 81°F
Wind: 2.53 MPH

Humidity: 90%
Rain: 1 day prior

[Rattus]

Species: Formcia cf. rufa no.1( 6+ dead males and 1 dead queen), Formica cf. rufa no.2(No.2 note -probably in-colony mating, observed queens, both alive(~2) and dead(~1) from a super colony, maybe more than 500 000-1 000 000+).

Location: Denmark, Nordjylland, Dall Hede, (near Poulstrup Sø).

Date: May 18th 2018.

Time: Around 14:00, both before and after, although not certain.

Temperature: About 17 to 23C, sunny.

Wind: Slower than 4 m/s (highest) N/NE.

Humidity: ~60%, probably higher near the lake.

Rain: Unknown, No.

 

!Edited

Edited by Rattus, May 19 2018 - 2:41 AM.

[T.C.]

Species: Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Location: Tomah, WI

Date: May 18-19th  2018.

Time:  1:00 AM
Temperature: 70°F
Wind: 6 MPH

Humidity: 56%
Rain: 4 days prior

 

Species: Camponotus nearcticus

Location: Tomah, WI

Date: May 18-19th  2018.

Time:  1:00 AM
Temperature: 70°F
Wind: 6 MPH

Humidity: 56%
Rain: 4 days prior

 

Species: Camponotus noveboracensis
Location: Tomah, WI

Date: May 18-19th  2018.

Time:  1:00 AM
Temperature: 70°F
Wind: 6 MPH

Humidity: 56%
Rain: 4 days prior

 

Three nights in a row there has been flights, and the major flights haven't even happened yet.  It was a good night.

 

[Bracchymyrmex]

 

Species: Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Location: Tomah, WI

Date: May 18-19th  2018.

Time:  1:00 AM
Temperature: 70°F
Wind: 6 MPH

Humidity: 56%
Rain: 4 days prior

 

Species: Camponotus nearcticus

Location: Tomah, WI

Date: May 18-19th  2018.

Time:  1:00 AM
Temperature: 70°F
Wind: 6 MPH

Humidity: 56%
Rain: 4 days prior

 

Species: Camponotus noveboracensis
Location: Tomah, WI

Date: May 18-19th  2018.

Time:  1:00 AM
Temperature: 70°F
Wind: 6 MPH

Humidity: 56%
Rain: 4 days prior

 

Three nights in a row there has been flights, and the major flights haven't even happened yet.  It was a good night.

 

 

What are you using instead of cotton balls?

[brianhershey]

Species: Lasius neoniger

Location: Lawrence, Kansas, US

Date: August 27, 2017

Time:  7pm
Temperature: 77°F
Wind: 4MPH

Humidity: 85%
Rain: thunderstorms in morning

Method: found 4, wingless, on deck

 

Species: Camponotus decipiens

Location: Lawrence, Kansas, US

Date: May 14, 2018

Time:  5pm
Temperature: 80°F
Wind: 7MPH

Humidity: 71%
Rain: rain night before, found under bark in new chamber, no brood

[YsTheAnt]

Species: Lasius neoniger
Location: Lawrence, Kansas, US
Date: August 27, 2017
Time: 7pm
Temperature: 77°F
Wind: 4MPH
Humidity: 85%
Rain: thunderstorms in morning
Method: found 4, wingless, on deck

Species: Camponotus decipiens
Location: Lawrence, Kansas, US
Date: May 14, 2018
Time: 5pm
Temperature: 80°F
Wind: 7MPH
Humidity: 71%
Rain: rain night before, found under bark in new chamber, no brood

You sure those are Lasius neoniger? I'm fairly sure they would be P. imparis, considering the time of year.

[T.C.]

What are you using instead of cotton balls?

 

That is just cotton plugs covered by denim. It keeps the queen from pulling on the cotton, and it just looks cooler.

[BobJ]

Species: Solenopsis invicta  (over 100)
Location: North Charleston, SC
Date: May 20, 2018
Time: 12:45pm to 2:40pm
Temperature: 79 F
Humidity: 67% at start rising to 88%
Wind: Light breeze
Rain: rain the day before
Sky: overcast
Method: all caught on 20 foot by 20 foot area of driveway using aspirator

This was the first solenopsis invicta flight of the year here.

[dspdrew]

Species: Pogonomyrmex maricopa.
Location: Tecopa, California
Date:  5-5-2018
Time:

Temperature: 85 F
Humidity:
Wind: Light wind
Rain: Rain the day before

[T.C.]

Species: Camponotus nearcticus
Location: Tomah, WI

Date: May 23th  2018.

Time:  11:00 PM
Temperature: 67°F
Wind: 4 MPH

Humidity: 97%
Rain: 1-3 days prior

 

Species: Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Location: Tomah, WI

Date: May 23th  2018.

Time:  11:00 PM
Temperature: 67°F
Wind: 4 MPH

Humidity: 97%
Rain: 1-3 days prior