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[Mercutia]

So after my summer school class, I took a wander out to the multitudes of wilderness on my campus. Braving the puzzled glares of my peers, I bushwhacked through the wooded area on hunt for ants.

 

Crematogaster cerasi <333 They shook their heart butts at me. Dangggg gurrrl, shake that gaster.

 

 

 

 

And also... a dead Camponotus alate. I manage to get my hands on a Camponotus, but she was dead D;. Sadtimez.

 

[dspdrew]

It's about time you found some Crematogaster.

[Crystals]

Keep your eyes open for more Camponotus alates.  They tend to fly between 4pm and 7pm.  You can find them crawling around all evening.

I saw my first flight yesterday, and they tend to have several flights for a few weeks.  Best of luck!

 

You have Crematogaster down there, that is a very good start.    

Maybe you will even find a queen when they fly.

[Cole]

Those crematogaster are kind of cute. I found some at the local park. I collected a few and then slipped and fell into some stinging nettle.

[Mercutia]

Heart butt ants are my favorite genus of ants. =D

 

I looked so hard last year for any sign of heart butt ants. NOW I KNOW FOR SURE. And come august, I will find my queen of... wait for it... 8) hearts.

[Lieutenant Redundant]

Camponotus's are awesome.  I wish we had some of the C. pennsylvanicus kind here.  Is that what that one is?

[LAnt]

Camponotus's are awesome.  I wish we had some of the C. pennsylvanicus kind here.  Is that what that one is?

http://bugguide.net/node/view/543/data Well it looks like you've just got to look in the right place.

[Mercutia]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure she was a C. pennsylvanicus. Haven't seen any other Camponotus alates since so pretty sad about that.

[Lieutenant Redundant]

http://bugguide.net/node/view/543/data Well it looks like you've just got to look in the right place.

 

I think they live in Northern Florida.    I would be shocked out of my mind to find a C. pennsylvanicus in Orlando.

[WeatherAnt]

The campus where I went for my undergraduate degree didn't really have many interesting ants. But I always manged to find a few. During nuptial flight season, I would walk around campus with a camera, collection viles and a "don't mind me" attitude.

 

My graduate school campus has many ants but not much variety. There is a large nest of Polyergus which is nice. No Crematogaster though. The closest I've found Crematogaster to my current location is 6 hours away ...