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[Kwitzats]

Near Bend Texas, allates were seen comming in an out of the nest on 9/11/2015 after previous rain the day before. What time of day do they usually fly? We waited till sumdown, and no joy. Not all nearby colonies showed allate activity.

Edited by Kwitzats, September 11 2015 - 7:38 PM.

[kellakk]

I think Pogonomyrmex spp. tend to fly during the morning to late morning.  There may have been clouds this morning, making them not fly.

[Kwitzats]

Well we went back today at noon but they didn't fly till 530 pm. Unfortunately only one colony flew so instead of a swarm it was ones and twos flying at a time and dozens not hundreds. They flew and were never seen again.

Edited by dspdrew, October 1 2015 - 9:57 AM.
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[kellakk]

Interesting, I haven't heard of Pogonomyrmex flying in the evening before. If you're lucky, you might be able to find founding chambers in the area, which is usually easier than catching queens in flight anyway.

[Kwitzats]

Spent two full days in the field looking for ants dragging two kidlets.....I might be done at least for this weekend. I've dug a few chambers but the ground is hard and full of rocks I can't do it with a hand spade. I always turn up those really small ants with the giant entrance holes. I don't know what they are or why they have such a large opening.

[Kwitzats]

[Kwitzats]

[BrittonLS]

Well we went back today at noon but they didn't fly till 530 pm. Unfortunately only one colony flew so instead of a swarm it was ones and twos flying at a time and dozens not hundreds. They flew and were never seen again.
Well we went back today at noon but they didn't fly till 530 pm. Unfortunately only one colony flew so instead of a swarm it was ones and twos flying at a time and dozens not hundreds. They flew and were never seen again.

Same thing happened to me, saw plenty of them fly off and never saw them or their founding chambers. Muy triste

[dspdrew]

Interesting, I haven't heard of Pogonomyrmex flying in the evening before. If you're lucky, you might be able to find founding chambers in the area, which is usually easier than catching queens in flight anyway.

 

I think I've heard of some species flying later in the day. Don't forget about P. magnacanthus which seems to fly at night.

 

 

Same thing happened to me, saw plenty of them fly off and never saw them or their founding chambers. Muy triste

 

Unfortunately sometimes the place where they're landing and digging is not the same place they're taking off from.

[BrittonLS]

Interesting, I haven't heard of Pogonomyrmex flying in the evening before. If you're lucky, you might be able to find founding chambers in the area, which is usually easier than catching queens in flight anyway.

I think I've heard of some species flying later in the day. Don't forget about P. magnacanthus which seems to fly at night.

Same thing happened to me, saw plenty of them fly off and never saw them or their founding chambers. Muy triste

Unfortunately sometimes the place where they're landing and digging is not the same place they're taking off from.

That was the conclusion I came to. I'd also read about P. barbatus doing this habitually.

https://www.google.c...lh94aMmGKLRmPlQ

[AntsTexas]

i find lots of Pogonomyrmex's in the 4pm to 8pm time frame ( Pogonomyrmex barbatus)

[kellakk]

Oh yeah, I totally forgot that I caught P. magnacanthus at lights late at night.