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[JenC]

Imparis are flying now, I'm currently catching queens.

[rcbuggy88]

do you have an exact location where you caught the queens?

[YsTheAnt]

do you have an exact location where you caught the queens?

Any relatively undisturbed oak forest will have plenty of Prenolepis.

[rcbuggy88]

I'm a complete beginner, but when would the best time be to go out, since it hasn't rained for a week or two? And since stanford has oak trees, would there be Prenolepis there? or do you need a forest forest?

 

Also, would there be any queens in big basin at this time of year? (Going there for a camping trip this weekend)

[OhNoNotAgain]

I'm a complete beginner, but when would the best time be to go out, since it hasn't rained for a week or two? And since stanford has oak trees, would there be Prenolepis there? or do you need a forest forest?

 

Also, would there be any queens in big basin at this time of year? (Going there for a camping trip this weekend)

 

A location at Stanford is where they discovered that Prenolepsis are actually pushing back Argentine ants, so I would imagine it's a good place.

I may be buying some queens from some of you soon. lol

[JenC]

Imparis in the bay area fly when its warmer than usual.

I caught these in my neighbor's yard since there's a big colony there.

[BugFinder]

 

A location at Stanford is where they discovered that Prenolepsis are actually pushing back Argentine ants, so I would imagine it's a good place.

I may be buying some queens from some of you soon. lol

 

 

do you know who is doing that work?  I'd love to talk with them about it.

[YsTheAnt]

Glad to see you are back! We could always use some more ant keepers up north

A location at Stanford is where they discovered that Prenolepsis are actually pushing back Argentine ants, so I would imagine it's a good place.
I may be buying some queens from some of you soon. lol

do you know who is doing that work? I'd love to talk with them about it.

Edited by YsTheAnt, January 29 2020 - 3:39 PM.

[rcbuggy88]

 

I'm a complete beginner, but when would the best time be to go out, since it hasn't rained for a week or two? And since stanford has oak trees, would there be Prenolepis there? or do you need a forest forest?

 

Also, would there be any queens in big basin at this time of year? (Going there for a camping trip this weekend)

 

A location at Stanford is where they discovered that Prenolepsis are actually pushing back Argentine ants, so I would imagine it's a good place.

I may be buying some queens from some of you soon. lol

 

Do you know the exact location? Or do you know anyone I could ask to get the exact location?

Edited by rcbuggy88, January 29 2020 - 9:44 PM.

[JenC]

They don't just fly around there. They're all over Sunnyvale and Cupertino.

[rcbuggy88]

yep, i know, its just that if they are relatively easy to find there, I can bike there after school one day

[YsTheAnt]

yep, i know, its just that if they are relatively easy to find there, I can bike there after school one day

Any park in your area with oak trees and relatively undisturbed forest should have them.

[BugFinder]

They don't just fly around there. They're all over Sunnyvale and Cupertino.

I would love to to go anting with you when they start flying again!!

[YsTheAnt]

This Friday (tommorow) there should be Prenolepis imparis flights.

[rcbuggy88]

I caught 4 prenolepis imparis queens (i think) which are a light brown or orange, pretty big, and 3 still have wings and one took its wings off already (maybe 1mm of the clear wing part still attached so not a clean removal. I hope they are all fertile, and I put them all in test tube setups. 

[Vern530]

what temp and wind conditons and time of day are you guys catching imparis???

[JenC]

You can catch them during warm days and during the afternoon.

There were flights today.

Edited by JenC, February 11 2020 - 5:12 PM.

[rcbuggy88]

I'm a complete newbie so take my answer with a grain of salt, but I found mine in the mountains prob low 70s, but I know there was some sort of flight yesterday because a male was in my classroom. Unfortunately, I couldn't get out to look until 5ish, and by then it was already almost dark. I'll hopefully be able to look next week. If anyone wants to go ant hunting and has a good spot, we should all go looking sometime. 

[rcbuggy88]

JenC, where do you go to find your queens (exact location)?

[JenC]

My neighbor's yard. So I'm not providing a location.