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Posted June 9 2018 - 11:53 AM
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Hey Guys,
I want to begin ant keeping and wondering what's flying right now?
I live in Mississauga ontario Canada if that helps.
Oh, if you don't mind can you also tell me the right time to look for them?
If you need some geography information.
We have a close pond park in our house. A soccer/football field. and lots of greeneries on side walk.
Thanks!
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Posted June 9 2018 - 11:58 AM
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think i saw a tetramorium/ lasius flight in my area not sure tho
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Posted June 9 2018 - 5:19 PM
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Posted June 10 2018 - 4:56 AM
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I really wish I could find anything other than C. pennsylvannicus lol. There are way to many of them.
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Posted June 10 2018 - 5:07 AM
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At this point in my antkeeping career, the only Camponotus I'm really interested in is Camponotus castaneus, Camponotus americanus and Camponotus subbarbatus
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Posted June 17 2018 - 8:17 AM
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This isn't really ant related but I thought you guys would be interested. My mom is hosting a BBQ for fathers day so we take out the outdoor cushions, and to her horror and my amazement was, a tiny wasp nest with squirming larvae!
Here are some pics of the nest
I'm here to learn, mostly.
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Posted June 19 2018 - 8:42 AM
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This isn't really ant related but I thought you guys would be interested. My mom is hosting a BBQ for fathers day so we take out the outdoor cushions, and to her horror and my amazement was, a tiny wasp nest with squirming larvae!
Here are some pics of the nest
You probably can feed that to your ant colony
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Posted June 27 2018 - 9:36 AM
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Posted June 28 2018 - 9:02 AM
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Anything that can fly this time of year will probably fly this weekend.
I sure hope so.
Despite having many workday lunch walks, after work evening walks, and many extended weekend walks, I haven't found any more than that one C. Novae. queen.
Hope others are having better luck.
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Posted June 28 2018 - 1:21 PM
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Yep, today I saw an absolutely huge Tetramorium flight, I only caught one because all my colonies died randomly last year and I found they weren't the most interesting species so I didn't catch too many. 
I'm here to learn, mostly.
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Posted July 4 2018 - 4:12 PM
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Tetramorium flight in Ottawa today.
Thanks for the heads up.
As I saw this post earlier in the day I was able to take a 20 min. walk at lunch and then a 45 min. walk once I got home at 5:30 but no luck. 
Did you catch any yourself or was this a report you got from elsewhere?
Edited by Lazarus, July 4 2018 - 4:13 PM.
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Posted July 4 2018 - 8:40 PM
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This species flies very early in the morning. I left for work at 6 AM and only managed to find one queen (which I collected). I did however see a bunch of dying drones. On the way home after work I saw thousands of dead bodies at a bus station.
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Posted July 4 2018 - 10:26 PM
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I really wish I could find anything other than C. pennsylvannicus lol. There are way to many of them.
I wish I could find more here in BC. I only found a few this year as they seemed to fly early and nothing since. On the bright side I did find my first Camp. Herculeanus that has eggs and found a Formica Ravida yesterday.
Camponotus Pennsylvanicus/Modus
Tetramorium sp. E
Formica Podzolica
Lasius Alienus
Lasius Niger
Formica Ravida
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Posted July 5 2018 - 2:43 PM
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Maybe look out for queens tomorrow in Toronto - there's been a bit of rain, and it's cooling down a bit (only to 24, still warm), so I suspect we might see something. Maybe the tail end of Tetramorium, or some Formica. Just a hunch.
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Posted July 5 2018 - 5:36 PM
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Tomorrow will be a big day to find some queens. Big rain and tomorrow will be cooling very good opportunity for both humans and ants. Remember to bring container!
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Posted July 5 2018 - 5:46 PM
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Posted July 5 2018 - 6:03 PM
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Anyone know what time Formica flies? I would think its still early for them but who knows.
July in general is Formica month. I think I saw a F. fusca queen on Monday, they'll be out more after the heatwave (tomorrow) I think.
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Posted July 6 2018 - 1:27 AM
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