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Callow Ant Posts: 22 04/17/2009 1:09 PM |
Caught a Prenolepis imparis today at about 2-2:30 in Northwest Indiana.
Unfortunately she died a short time later for some reason, hopefully someone else will have better luck. |
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Aeneas.thechatboard65972 |
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Young Worker Ant Posts: 69 04/18/2009 2:47 PM |
Camponotus Chromaides flew today in northern Alabama, and I caught my first queen ant!
Only problem is I'm not sure if she's fertilized as she still has her wings. I found her when a drone landed on my dad's leg. Seeing the drone, I walked up to where I knew there was a large colony and sure enough many drones, and the queen in question, were all sitting on trees and an old satellite dish as if they had just had a mating flight. Since the drones were pretty dispersed and activity seemed to have died down I assumed the mating flight had already occurred and she might be fertilized, but I could be wrong. Here's hoping! |
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TAFMF Addict Posts: 3694 04/18/2009 7:38 PM |
Prenolepis imparis, and a Temnothorax species I've yet to ID also flew today in NJ.
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Callow Ant Posts: 13 04/20/2009 2:55 PM |
Solenopsis ?? Invicta i belive just flew ( Southeast texas, beaumont, Jefferson County ), my Pool was full with ant wings and dead males. i was able to get 2
out of my pool, 1 was already outside that has shed her wings wich is now in my testtube! i coulnt find any more testtubes to keep the other 2 queens so i let
them free.
its pretty amazing if you can see how queens shed their wings 
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Henchant Posts: 1195 04/24/2009 12:24 PM
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I think Formica subsericea flew last night. I just caught a mated queen. I have no idea why she would be out now though, I thought they flew in July.
edit: never mind. I placed her near my closest Formica colony and she was "kissed" (I forgot the word for it) and then taken down into the nest. not sure if she left the colony or if they were disturbed by something...
If I had a wish I'd wish to be an ant.
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Aeneas.thechatboard65972 |
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Young Worker Ant Posts: 69 04/24/2009 12:57 PM |
Sure it's not a carpenter? They sometimes look similar, although the carpenters are a bit larger. How big are the eyes?
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Henchant Posts: 1195 04/24/2009 1:17 PM
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I know what a Formica queen looks like. She wasn't a Camponotus, everything about her screamed Formica.
If I had a wish I'd wish to be an ant.
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TAFMF Addict Posts: 3694 04/25/2009 6:28 AM |
Someone on Bugguide.net in Georgia found what I think is very likely Camponotus americanus flying. Unfortunately the topic has moved or been deleted or
something so I can't link to it. Queens and Males looked very similar to this worker though which I took a picture of on my recent trip
to Delaware.
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Ant Catcher11 |
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Henchant Posts: 1195 04/25/2009 7:00 AM
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MILTA, here is the i.d. request you are talking about. http://bugguide.net/node/view/268840/bgimage
If I had a wish I'd wish to be an ant.
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Young Worker Ant Posts: 69 04/25/2009 11:51 AM |
Cool! I have a colony of these in the woods behind my house. Maybe I can get a queen.
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Minor Worker Ant Posts: 133 04/26/2009 5:09 PM |
Well yesterday I think I sighted what seemed to be a Camponotus pennsylvanicus alate female. She landed on the window at the restaurant I was at with friends
at about 2:00ish. She departed not too long afterward, but gave me enough time to observe here and concluded she was surely C. penn. What baffled me though was
it was in 2:00 pm and the sun was out and HOT. I know C. penn usually fly at dusk or at night and MILTA told me likely before or after some big rain. But none
of that has occured so far, but the humidity was good. Perhaps she was a remnant of a previous mating flight? In im northern VA by the way.
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TAFMF Addict Posts: 3694 04/26/2009 7:33 PM |
Tonight (and all day) was ungodly humid and hot, about 85F out, as was the day before. I saw loads of Camponotus males at lights today that were likely C.
pennsylvanicus or C. chromaiodes. Didn't see queens to either of those two though, but I did catch what I think is Camponotus subbarbatus, but she still
had her wings on and I'll be letting her go. I only got her for the ID. Lasius interjectus was also flying, but I didn't catch any that didn't have
wings and will probably let the two I caught go tomorrow morning.
Probably most surprising though, I caught two queens of a Myrmica species. And encountered one with wings which is odd becasue I know them to hold nuptial flights in the early morning. narai10: High humidity is just as good as a rainfall. And I'm we're in an odd period where ants will slowly rely on rainfall more and more as summer rolls in. Though I have noticed Pheidole don't seem to care and will fly whenever it's not raining. But of course still hold flights at the right time of day, which I suspect is later afternoon. |
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Minor Worker Ant Posts: 98 04/27/2009 9:03 AM |
I have found a C. penn queen looking for a new nest sight this afternoon. Which means that they flew last night. I did find two Camponotus drones last night
and I was not shure of the species.
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Ant Catcher11 |
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Henchant Posts: 1195 04/28/2009 12:34 PM
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Oh, not sure if you have seen them yet but, I saw a mated Camponotus nearcticus queen last Sunday.
If I had a wish I'd wish to be an ant.
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Vendayn |
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Henchant Posts: 1877 05/07/2009 7:34 PM
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Solenopsis molesta are flying, in southern cali. A bunch of flying balls of them when I was walking.
They'll be flying for a while. And since they fly so low to the ground (walk right through them), its really easy to swing a large container around and collect a bunch of queens and males (almost all of them are male, though). They even mate inside the container once caught. |
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Posts: 913 05/15/2009 10:35 AM Doc. and Soldier Ant
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Gray Summit (east central) Missouri.
Near 80F, muggy day.Paratrechina faisonensis, Tapinoma sessile flying late morning into early afternoon. |
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MrILoveTheAnts |
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TAFMF Addict Posts: 3694 05/15/2009 11:11 AM |
Very muggy day here too. Had an awful rain storm last night and it's incredibly humid. Paratrechina parvula and Camponotus subbarbatus are currently flying now. Tons of P. parvula queens running
around, mostly wooded areas with plenty of leaf litter and ground covering plants I notice. C. subbarbatus I see are
more random but common around trees and dead wood.
Also considering the conditions, I don't see why other Camponotus species wouldn't be flying tonight. |
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Doctorant |
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Posts: 913 05/15/2009 2:13 PM Doc. and Soldier Ant
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See this post for a picture of the hot Paratrechina action: http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/8209
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Minor Worker Ant Posts: 98 06/06/2009 9:17 PM |
Acanthomyops interjectus flew tonight, It was humid and moderately warm. The queen I caught smelled like citronella.
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Young Worker Ant Posts: 43 06/12/2009 5:37 AM |
Hello, I don't know if it's their time of flying but I caught a winged odorous house ant (I'm sure it's one since I caught it by its wings and
when I smelled my finger, it smells awful. don't know how to describe it) Anyway, it's night time (around 9:35 so the entire house is dark, except for
the monitor of my laptop)
I caught it when it bumps again and again in the middle of my screen when I am viewing a shota site. Anyway, the color is black... I'll give accurate description tomorrow (including a measurement)  "The unexplored life is not worth living"
"The moonlight beckons, the boon tempted, the dark prize awaits... Will you take it?"
-reychop.exe-
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