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District, Maryland, & Virginia Queen Watch

Started By IcarusSkybound , Apr 14 2018 12:16 PM

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#481 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted March 10 2021 - 4:01 PM

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This year, I'm taking every nuptial flight oppurtunity to catch as many Different, spieces as I can.


This year I'm going to catch as many different spieces as I can.


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#482 Offline ANTdrew - Posted March 10 2021 - 4:19 PM

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How do you guys find these fricking things?! I’ve only ever found one Prenolepis queen before. I’ll try a different spot tomorrow.
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#483 Offline AleeGuy - Posted March 10 2021 - 4:43 PM

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How do you guys find these fricking things?! I’ve only ever found one Prenolepis queen before. I’ll try a different spot tomorrow.

I found all 14 queens on the pedestrian sidewalk in a shopping center near me, after having no luck finding them in my neighborhood. A little caution, cops might think of a different thing while searching for a queens there. :thinking:.LOL.

#484 Offline ANTdrew - Posted March 10 2021 - 4:57 PM

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Man...I’m looking at all the nature parks, and you find them at a shopping center!
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#485 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 11 2021 - 1:26 PM

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I totally didn't just catch 47 Prenolepis imparis queens- not at all.

 

 

(yeah I actually did)


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#486 Offline ANTdrew - Posted March 11 2021 - 1:45 PM

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Isn’t that too many?
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#487 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 11 2021 - 1:51 PM

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Isn’t that too many?

Not at all. I wish you were there, you'd see the wonders of an undisturbed habitat! Even though it was a huge flight, most nests haven't even released half their female alates yet! I sifted through some leaf litter in a few spots after the flight today, and 4-5 female-producing colonies still had many dozens, if not hundreds of females in their nests. There were easily tens of thousands today, and their flight season doesn't end til early April down here. If you want, I can PM you some of the pictures I took of a queen I followed right up to a male tackling her.


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#488 Offline AleeGuy - Posted March 11 2021 - 3:56 PM

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and I totally didn't caught 16 more today(RIP 17th queen, reason of death: me injuring her head by accident :( ). And it reached up to 79 today!!!

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#489 Offline NickAnter - Posted March 11 2021 - 4:38 PM

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Me, with nothing... Oh the joys of living in California. :sarcastic:


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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#490 Offline ANTdrew - Posted March 11 2021 - 5:52 PM

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Me, with nothing... Oh the joys of living in California. :sarcastic:

I got nothing too.
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#491 Offline NickAnter - Posted March 11 2021 - 6:06 PM

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What is their secret haha?


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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#492 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted March 12 2021 - 5:03 AM

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I still haven't looked yet but I'm sure ill be able to find at least one.


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#493 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted March 12 2021 - 6:28 AM

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I wish it was a little less windy this week. They would have for sure flown here.


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#494 Offline AleeGuy - Posted March 12 2021 - 7:41 AM

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I wish it was a little less windy this week. They would have for sure flown here.

They actually make nuptial flights when it's pretty windy too, and it does not affect as much on number of alates. And even it's too windy then they will mate on the ground(I haven't proved that statement but according to other experienced keepers, they do mate when it's un fly-ably windy but on the ground). Plus yesterday it was around 10mph wind and I caught the most of the queens on that day.

#495 Offline RVAOsprey - Posted March 15 2021 - 9:32 AM

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Looks like storm this friday/saturday in Richmond - too early/ cold for Camponotus afterward? 


#496 Offline AleeGuy - Posted March 15 2021 - 9:56 AM

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Looks like storm this friday/saturday in Richmond - too early/ cold for Camponotus afterward?

still too cold, gotta wait until mid 70s at least.

#497 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 15 2021 - 9:57 AM

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Camponotus likely won't fly in VA til April at the earliest. The earliest they fly here is late March, so not too far off.


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#498 Offline RVAOsprey - Posted March 15 2021 - 12:02 PM

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Ill admit when we had that series of mid 70s days back to back last week I got a bit excited prematurely haha I'm in the mindset now. 


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#499 Offline AleeGuy - Posted March 15 2021 - 12:12 PM

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Same, I caught 30 p. imp queens on those few days.

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#500 Offline Lillyrose - Posted March 17 2021 - 3:30 PM

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Same, I caught 30 p. imp queens on those few days.

I'm confused ... did they fly?
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