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[dspdrew]

Like I need another project.

[Mathiacus]

Camponotus consobrinus flying tonight on the central coast, nsw, Australia.

Edited by dspdrew, December 23 2014 - 5:58 PM.
Fixed duplicate content.

[dspdrew]

Saw a Dorymyrmex male near the entrance of a nest yesterday, so the season is getting close.

[Gregory2455]

I saw there was an unread post here from you, I started freaking out thinking Prenolepis imparis flew.

[dspdrew]

I actually think they could very well have already flown. With temperatures this high for this many days in a row now, there's no telling what they they might decide to fly.

[Chromerust]

Dorymyrmex Insanus flew at the Hidden Valley Preserve in Norco California today.

I went there this morning to monitor any activity and dug up a couple founding chambers to confirm what it was. There wasn't much other ant activity. I only saw one pogonomyrmex Californicus nest and Verromessor Pergandei were nowhere to be found. Normally there are several nests on the main trail into the preserve.

[Gregory2455]

Dorymyrmex insanus and Dorymyrmex bicolor seem to have had some mating flights pretty early this year. I got me five queens! (4 Dorymyrmex insanus, 1 Dorymyrmex cf bicolor.)

[Foogoo]

Dorymyrmex insanus and Dorymyrmex bicolor seem to have had some mating flights pretty early this year. I got me five queens! (4 Dorymyrmex insanus, 1 Dorymyrmex cf bicolor.)

 

Did you actively catch them or just happened upon them? I counted 4 Dorymyrmex insanus mounds within about 10' outside the other day. I'm thinking with today's light rain, they might go for a flight soon.

[Gregory2455]

I was digging up founding chambers, and found the Dorymyrmex bicolor queen walking around.

[dspdrew]

Well it looks like Veromessor pergandei and Myrmecocystus yuma both flew in the desert sometime in the first week of February. We dug up a bunch of them today.

[Gregory2455]

I am done with the timing of these ants...

[Arjan van den Bosch]

Formica polyctena today.
Matingflight 13-2-2015
9.8 °C
387 W/m2

[Jonathan21700]

Isn't it too early and cold for them to have a nuptial flight now?

[Arjan van den Bosch]

Isn't it too early and cold for them to have a nuptial flight now?

Yes it is.

The conditions on this specific nest are verry verry bad to start this activity.

[dspdrew]

I'm in the process of updating this chart. I'm scouring the internet for journals, ID requests, and anywhere else I can obtain this information. I am even going back over all the mating chart threads and mating flight posts on other forums and Facebook pages looking for information as well. I should have this finished some time in the next few days.

[Chromerust]

As expected D. Insanus flew all over the place in my Neighborhood

[Gregory2455]

Fix D. Insanus so that it says every month except January.

[dspdrew]

Haha well, I'm trying to stick with actual reports or posts mentioning a flight during a particular month.

 

BTW, I'm adding some location information on this next update.

[Gregory2455]

Haha well, I'm trying to stick with actual reports or posts mentioning a flight during a particular month.

Okay, then you can at least add December, January, and August to D.insanus then.

[dspdrew]

Did you see them flying those months?