I was quite surprised, at my house I found dozens of queens and males. Some queen alates and tons of dealates. Found some in swimming pools, dead on the driveway.. basically everywhere. However, went to a neighborhood 5 minutes away (tons of tetramorium there too) but found nothing. Also went to two paths very nearby also where I see a ton of tetramorium colonies but also saw no queens or males anywhere. Just wondering if that's normal? I kind of figured they'd all fly around the same time since I'm so close and all of the areas got the same or close to the same amount of rain.
Yeah that's pretty normal, especially from my experience. I also had some giant Tetra flights about 3 weeks ago. Found de-alates on the side of the pavement near my house in the morning. I looked around everywhere (far from where I found the first few de-alates) and found even more in those areas (also found one near a forest edge) Although what I found interesting is that not very far from my house, there were literally no de-alates there (there is also a mature colony near that area that I discovered the year before). I honestly find that this doesn't just happen with Tetra's but with basically all other ant species (same thing happens with Camponotus at least for me. I find tons of alates/de-alates in one area and 10 feet aways literally none). I believe the reason for it just has something to do with distribution of mature colonies of that species. Another thing to note is instinct for those alates/de-alates may also play a major role as it tells them where to go, and helps them avoid predators and such.
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