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Gosh Invicta Calm Down...

Started By Alabama Anter , Dec 24 2016 2:56 PM

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#1 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted December 24 2016 - 2:56 PM

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Okay so it's December 24! Christmas Eve. Today in Alabama it was 74F guess what invicta decided to do? Send out tons of alates near the pool! I ended up catching 13 queens and they all seem fertile because I found many male alates as well.
I LOVE U INVICTA


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#2 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted December 24 2016 - 3:30 PM

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Welp caught 6 more

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#3 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted December 24 2016 - 4:44 PM

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I just caught 10 solenopsis geminata! seems like the solenopsis here in hawaii are having the same ideas!


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#4 Offline Leo - Posted December 24 2016 - 5:20 PM

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none 4 me


#5 Offline FSTP - Posted December 24 2016 - 6:29 PM

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Nice going AA! 

 

Now stick them in a dark place and don't look at them for a month. :D


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#6 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted December 24 2016 - 6:36 PM

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Nice going AA!

Now stick them in a dark place and don't look at them for a month. :D

Sigh... that's the hard part

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#7 Offline dspdrew - Posted December 25 2016 - 11:00 AM

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Wow I'm really surprised. I thought we were the only ones with flights this early, but it looks like you guys have us beat by a month.


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#8 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted December 25 2016 - 11:01 AM

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Wow I'm really surprised. I thought we were the only ones with flights this early, but it looks like you guys have us beat by a month.

Ikr? I found a VERY small pheidole colony with teeny majors and they had alates too!

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#9 Offline Batspiderfish - Posted December 25 2016 - 1:31 PM

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The queen in the second tube down kinda looks like Crematogaster, from the photo (although the angle from which I am making that observation is not ideal.)

Also, Solenopsis richteri is purportedly still found in North Western Alabama, so you might want to key out some of these darker Solenopsis queens.


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#10 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted December 25 2016 - 2:24 PM

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The queen in the second tube down kinda looks like Crematogaster, from the photo (although the angle from which I am making that observation is not ideal.)

Also, Solenopsis richteri is purportedly still found in North Western Alabama, so you might want to key out some of these darker Solenopsis queens.

Mmmhmmm Solenopsis richteri colonies are rare here but that is a possibility. About the Crematogaster thing, yeah that's what I though too. Like the ones with the pointy gasters. On further inspections they were regular invicta

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#11 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted December 25 2016 - 2:27 PM

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Also caught 8 more queens in a park. Pics coming soon

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#12 Offline MrUrrutia - Posted December 27 2016 - 2:31 PM

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I have not see any queens here, and I have being looking hard!

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#13 Offline FSTP - Posted December 28 2016 - 6:03 AM

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Also caught 8 more queens in a park. Pics coming soon

What kind? Are they also Solenopsis? 


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#14 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted December 28 2016 - 7:49 AM

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Also caught 8 more queens in a park. Pics coming soon

What kind? Are they also Solenopsis?
Yep all invicta

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#15 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted December 28 2016 - 7:52 AM

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The queen in the second tube down kinda looks like Crematogaster, from the photo (although the angle from which I am making that observation is not ideal.)

Also, Solenopsis richteri is purportedly still found in North Western Alabama, so you might want to key out some of these darker Solenopsis queens.

Once again BatSpiderFish has gotten the right ID and I rejected it XD there was indeed a Crematogaster sp queen. She now has her own test tube with a egg pile already. Thanks a ton BatSpiderFish. :)

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