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[Nathant2131]

Found a very active Prenolepis imparis mound today. They are awake!!

[Connectimyrmex]

Awesome! 

Myrmica pinetorum flight today. I found a winged queen in my bedroom.

 

 

 

Other comment that I was going to post:

Sigh... I'm sad...

If you haven't noticed yet, I'm sad.....

Why am I sad, you ask?
IT'S BECAUSE THE ONLY GOOD CREMATOGASTER FLIGHTS OCCUR DURING SCHOOL, AND ALL OF THE QUEENS MAGICALLY DISAPPEAR AT 2:15! 

NOW I'M ANGRY

Edited by Connectimyrmex, September 14 2017 - 6:55 PM.

[rdurham02]

I hope to see/catch some Prenolepis imparis..seems Southern Maine is about at the edge of their range according to NE guidebook 

[Salmon]

Yesterday I found a wingless Crematogaster queen crawling on my arm.

[Connectimyrmex]

Nice catch, Salmon! I caught a B. depilis queen with two males attached to her. When she was done mating, I picked her up by her wings, inciting her to eject a tiny bit of sperm on my hand (EW)

[noebl1]

Saw a Crematogaster dealate this afternoon in the north side of the Manchester, NH area.  Nothing locally where I live however.

[ctantkeeper]

Found B. Depilis queen de-alatetoday. Didn't keep her though.

[akaant]

Found a Crematogaster queen today along with 2 Camponotus pennsylvanicus alates.

[Nathant2131]

Today in Benson's Park Hudson, NH:

 

2x Lasius umbratus dealates under rocks.

1x Lasius umbratus female alate under a rock.

Lasius claviger colony under a rock with tons of alates, both genders.

1x Aphaenogaster sp. dealate under log.

[Connectimyrmex]

Queens I saw yesterday:
Ponera pennsylvanica x1

Lasius umbratus x17

Lasius neoniger x31

Stigmatomma pallipes x4 (dead alates)

Brachymyrmex depilis x23

 

I kept the ponera queen. She ate a Brachymyrmex male and seems to be ready to start laying.

[rdurham02]

Today's meager haul at a local cemetery (dirt pits are where it's at by the way!) includes...

 

Tetramorium x 1

Myrmica sp.. x 3

Formica subsericea x 1

 

Also, collected a bunch of hollowed acorns to sort out later as entertainment for this evening 

[Salmon]

Found a Crematogaster queen today along with 2 Camponotus pennsylvanicus alates.

 

So C. pennsylvanicus has pretty much been flying continuously for 5 months.

[noebl1]

 

Found a Crematogaster queen today along with 2 Camponotus pennsylvanicus alates.

 

So C. pennsylvanicus has pretty much been flying continuously for 5 months.

 

 

I wonder if the Camponotus flights are late-season ejections; I saw a few last year during the drought.  There are a few parts of New England with dry conditions or drought; 

MA - http://droughtmonito...Monitor.aspx?MA

ME - http://droughtmonito...Monitor.aspx?ME

NH - http://droughtmonito...Monitor.aspx?NH

RI - http://droughtmonito...Monitor.aspx?RI

CT - http://droughtmonito...Monitor.aspx?CT

 

-Mike

[Connectimyrmex]

The only fertile, fat queen I've found past spring of C. pennsylvanicus is my current queen. It seems like the only healthy queens fly in the spring.

[ctantkeeper]

An unknown Myrmica sp. flew in CT yesterday. I believe it is M. incompleta, but I am not sure. I was really busy yesterday, so I didn't have much time to do a thorough ID.

Edited by ctantkeeper, September 18 2017 - 6:39 AM.

[Connectimyrmex]

My ponera queen has laid her first egg! She's been on a steady diet of termite hatchlings.

[Nathant2131]

Yesterday in Mine Falls Park, Nashua, NH: 2 Lasius cf. neoniger queens under rocks, and a Lasius umbratus colony with lots alates of both genders.

Edited by Nathant2131, September 24 2017 - 8:18 AM.

[Connectimyrmex]

I just found two Brachymyrmex depilis queens, along with maybe twenty or so dead Stigmatomma alates.

[Aquaexploder]

Big parasitic Lasius and Crematogaster flight here.

[noebl1]

A lot of parasitic Lasius flying here too, as well as saw a Ponera dealate.