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[dspdrew]

Species: Camponotus laevigatus, Camponotus sp., C. vicinus, C. maritimus, C. clarithorax
Location: Altadena, California
Date:  2-27-2020
Time:  9:00 PM
Temperature: 73 F
Humidity:
Wind: None
Rain: Recent rain

 

 

This is the earliest I've ever seen Camponotus fly.

[TennesseeAnts]

Species: Crematogaster lineolata
Location: Coopertown, Tennessee
Date: 2-27-2020
Time: 1:30 PM
Temperature: 68 F
Humidity: 54%
Wind: N/A
Rain: Two days prior

[nurbs]

Species: L. occidentale

Location: Altadena, California

Date:  2-27-2020

Time:  9:00 PM

Temperature: 73 F

Humidity:

Wind: None

Rain: Recent rain

[ANTdrew]

Species: Crematogaster lineolata
Location: Coopertown, Tennessee
Date: 2-27-2020
Time: 1:30 PM
Temperature: 68 F
Humidity: 54%
Wind: N/A
Rain: Two days prior

How?

[TennesseeAnts]

Species: Crematogaster lineolata
Location: Coopertown, Tennessee
Date: 2-27-2020
Time: 1:30 PM
Temperature: 68 F
Humidity: 54%
Wind: N/A
Rain: Two days prior

How?

They fly all year.

[Vendayn]

Pheidole megacephala can be listed in March and July, maybe September if you want to list that month. While their main biggest flights/budding out isn't till August, they actually officially start in July. And technically, depending on the climate, they can bud out year round sporadically. Here in California I've actually seen them bud out really early in the year, which earliest I've seen them bud out is in March. After March (taking my observations of last year and the year before), they seem to not bud out nearly as much till again in July. And I'm not talking about just general colony growth/expansion, but actual mating "flights" where they bud out to new areas with queens. 

So pretty much 3 months of budding out (March, July and August), in the months I've seen them consistently bud out with new queens. They go into early September as well, but after the 1st week of September they go semi-inactive. Its really only the first week of September they bud out still, so not sure if you want to list that month for them.

[nurbs]

Species: Camponotus us-ca02, Liometopum occidentale, Myrmecocystus wheeleri

 

Location: Santa Ana Mountains, CA

Date: February 28th, 2020

Time: 12-1AM collected, flew in the morning or sunset

Temperature: 70F at sunset

Humidity: 

Wind: 

Rain: 

[NickAnter]

Deleted, misread post on other thread.

Edited by NickAnter, February 29 2020 - 8:35 PM.

[dspdrew]

Species: Myrmecocystus wheeleri, M. testaceus, Dorymyrmex insanus
Location: Cleveland National Forest, California
Date:  2-29-2020
Time: 
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Rain: Recent rain

 

Species: Myrmecocystus testaceus
Location: Cleveland National Forest, Lake Elsinore, California
Date:  2-29-2020
Time: 
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[LosAnteles]

What: C. sansabeanus

Where: Griffith Park hiking trail

When: February 27th 8-10 pm

Temps: mid 60s after sunset, daytime temp was 87 degrees

Humidity: 39%

 

Massive sansabeanus flight

Edited by LosAnteles, March 28 2022 - 10:49 AM.

[Da_NewAntOnTheBlock]

I'm going to look for nuptial fights today. I'll report if I see anything (it'll probably be Camponotus, but who knows?).

[M_Ants]

How does everyone find so many queens?

[M_Ants]

Edited by M_Ants, March 21 2020 - 7:00 PM.

[Broncos]

A few months ago I went hiking at a hiking trail called crystal cove (SOCAL). I saw pogonomyrmex, Formica, camponotus and myrmecoystus. Do you think I could find some queens if I went tomorrow?


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[JenC]

It's too cold. You won't find anything

[Ants4fun]

Species: Prenolepis imparis
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Date: 4-1-2020
Time: 5:00
Temperature: 73
Humidity: 35%
Wind: 15 mph
Rain: Within last couple days

[Martialis]

Prenolepis imparis
Westfield, Indiana
April 3 2020
4:45
About 70 F
Unknown
Unknown
We’ve had some pretty torrential downpour within the past few days.

[dspdrew]

Species: Camponotus us-ca02
Location: Cleveland National Forest, Lake Elsinore, California
Date:  3-31-2020
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Rain: Recent rain

[dspdrew]

Species: Myrmecocystus tenuinodis
Location: Yucca Valley, California
Date:  4-16-2020
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Rain: Recent rain

 

Species: Veromessor pergandei
Location: California City, California
Date:  4-18-2020
Time:
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Rain: Recent rain

 

Species: Veromessor pergandei, Myrmecocystus mimicus, Pheidole barbata
Location: Landcaster, California
Date:  4-18-2020
Time:
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Rain: Recent rain

[M_Ants]

Ever find anything further south?