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[TennesseeAnts]

Did you keep any invicta?

[Ferox_Formicae]

Did you keep any invicta?

Yes. I caught around 10 of them. I think I'm gonna make a journal.

[TennesseeAnts]

Yay! Be prepared for insanely fast growth. And if they become too much, freeze them like I did.

Edited by Ant_Dude2908, May 6 2019 - 3:34 PM.

[Ferox_Formicae]

Yay! Be prepared for insanely fast growth. And if they become too much, freeze them like I did.

Yup. I'm actually pretty excited for the fast growth, and when they do grow to massive sizes, I have a whole bunch of giant bins that I could keep an extremely large colony in. I actually have my giant Camponotus chromaiodes colony in one of those bins.

[Ferox_Formicae]

Species: Camponotus nearcticus

 

Location: Irmo, South Carolina

Date: May 6th, 2019

Time: 10:00 PM

Temperature: 69F

Humidity: 74%

Wind: 4 mph

Rain: Sunday

[Ferox_Formicae]

Species: Camponotus castaneus, nearcticus (Males)

 

Location: Irmo, South Carolina

Date: May 7th, 2019

Time: 11:00 PM

Temperature: 69F

Humidity: 82%

Wind: 3 mph

Rain: Sunday

[Ferox_Formicae]

Species: Camponotus castaneus, nearcticus (males)

 

Location: Irmo, South Carolina

Date: May 8th, 2019

Time: 9:00 PM

Temperature: 71F

Humidity: 73%

Wind: 6 mph

Rain: Sunday

 

Note: It seems like these are all I'm finding lately. I see these two species every single night, and there are rarely any queens. Occasionally C. nearcticus queens, but never C. castaneus queen, unfortunately.

[Ferox_Formicae]

Species: Brachyponera chinensis (males)

 

Location: Irmo, South Carolina

Date: May 9th, 2019

Time: 10:00PM

Temperature: 73 F

Humidity: 72%

Wind: 1 mph

Rain: A small amount around midday

[Ferox_Formicae]

Species: Camponotus castaneus(queen)

 

Location: Irmo, South Carolina

Date: May 11th, 2019

Time: 11:00AM

Temperature: 81F

Humidity: 58%

Wind: 10 mph

Rain: Yesterday

 

*note: found by my girlfriend on her back door; she is taking care of her for the time being, and I will take her off of her hands when I see her next, probably next weekend

Edited by CloudtheDinosaurKing, May 14 2019 - 7:12 AM.

[Ferox_Formicae]

Species: Brachyponera chinensis(male)

 

Location: Irmo, South Carolina

Date: May 13th, 2019

Time: 9:30 PM

Temperature: 69F

Humidity: 87%

Wind: 7 mph

Rain: Sunday

[Ferox_Formicae]

Species: Tapinoma sessile(female)

 

Location: Irmo, South Carolina

Date: May 15th, 2019

Time: 5:00 PM

Temperature: 68F

Humidity: 52%

Wind: 5 mph

Rain: Sunday

[Ferox_Formicae]

Species: Lasius interjectus (female), Brachyponera chinensis (males)

 

Location: Irmo, South Carolina

Date: May 16th, 2019

Time: 10:30 PM

Temperature: 71F

Humidity: 65%

Wind: 4 mph

Rain: Sunday

[Ferox_Formicae]

Species: Brachyponera chinensis (male and females), Camponotus castaneus (males and female), Camponotus nearcticus (female), Linepithema humile (male), Temnothorax curvispinosus (females)

 

Location: Irmo, South Carolina

Date: May 17th, 2019

Time: 11:00 PM

Temperature: 71F

Humidity: 79%

Wind: 2 mph

Rain: A small amount earlier today

[Ferox_Formicae]

Species: Linepithema humile (female)

 

Location: Seven Oaks Park, Irmo, South Carolina

Date: May 18th, 2019

Time: 9:00 AM

Temperature: 91F

Humidity: 43%

Wind: 3 mph

Rain: Friday afternoon

 

 

Species: Camponotus nearcticus (female)

 

Location: My backyard, Irmo, South Carolina

Date: May 18th, 2019

Time: 5:30 PM

Temperature: 91F

Humidity: 34%

Wind: 0 mph

Rain: Pored for a few minutes a few minutes prior

 

[Ferox_Formicae]

Species: Brachymyrmex patagonicus (male and females), Brachyponera chinensis (males and females), Camponotus castaneus (male), Linepithema humile (male and females), Temnothorax curvispinosus (males)

 

Location: Attracted to porch light in my back and front yard; some found drowning in small pool; Irmo, South Carolina

Date: May 18th, 2019

Time: 11:00 PM

Temperature: 73F

Humidity: 71%

Wind: 8 mph

Rain: Earlier that day

 

 

Species: Camponotus castaneus (male)

 

Location: Sitting on a Groundsel Tree leaf on the side of the road in a neighborhood; Irmo, South Carolina

Date: May 19th, 2019

Time: 12:30 PM

Temperature: 96F

Humidity: 34%

Wind: 0 mph

Rain: Yesterday

 

*note* I've been seeing some dead Solenopsis invicta alates from yesterday, so I guess there was a flight but I somehow missed it

[Ferox_Formicae]

Species: Brachymyrmex patagonicus (males and females), Brachyponera chinensis (males and females), Camponotus castaneus (males), Hypoponera opacior (male and female), Temnothorax curvispinosus (males and females)

 

Location: Attracted to my porch lights in my back and front yard, Irmo, South Carolina

Date: May 19th, 2019

Time: 9:30 PM

Temperature: 73F

Humidity: 81%

Wind: 5 mph

Rain: Saturday

[Ferox_Formicae]

Species: Brachymyrmex patagonicus (male and females), Brachyponera chinensis (males and females), Camponotus castaneus (males), Linepithema humile (females), Temnothorax curvispinosus (males and females)

 

Location: Attracted to porch lights in my front and backyard; Irmo, South Carolina

Date: May 20th, 2019

Time: 9:30 PM

Temperature: 71F

Humidity: 81%

Wind: 5 mph

Rain: Rained lightly for a few minutes at around 6:30 PM

 

*note* Solenopsis invicta flew at some point today as I saw a dead male that drowned in a pool of water

*note 2* Linepithema humile did fly last night as I found a dead male that drowned in my small pool from last night

[Ferox_Formicae]

Species: Brachymyrmex patagonicus (females), Brachyponera chinensis (males and females), Camponotus castaneus (males), Temnothorax curvispinosus (males and females)

 

Location: Attracted to porch lights in my back and front yards; Irmo, South Carolina

Date: May 21st, 2019

Time: 9:30 PM

Temperature: 73F

Humidity: 71%

Wind: 0 mph

Rain: The day prior

[Ferox_Formicae]

Species: Tapinoma sessile (female)

 

Location: Running across my back fence, trying to get to a good spot to fly off from; Irmo, South Carolina

Date: May 22nd, 2019

Time: 4:00 PM

Temperature: 82F

Humidity: 62%

Wind: 16 mph

Rain: Monday

 

 

Species: Temnothorax curvispinosus (female)

 

Location: Attracted to a porch light in my backyard; Irmo, South Carolina

Date: May 22nd

Time: 10:00 PM

Temperature: 73F

Humidity: 79%

Wind: 5 mph

Rain: Monday

[Ferox_Formicae]

Species: Brachymyrmex patagonicus (males and females), Brachyponera chinensis (males and females), Colobopsis mississippiensis (male), Camponotus castaneus (males), Colobopsis obliqua (females), Hypoponera sp. (females), Nylanderia sp. (males and females), Tapinoma sessile (males), Temnothorax curvispinosus (males and females)

 

Location: Attracted to lights in my back and front yard; Tapinoma sessile males found scurrying along my fence; one on hazelnut leaf; Irmo, South Carolina

Date: May 23rd, 2019

Time: 8:30-10:00 PM

Temperature: 75F

Humidity: 71%

Wind: 7 mph

Rain: Monday

 

*edit* added it Camponotus caryae as I forgot to add him in

*edit 2* changed Camponotus caryae to Colobopsis mississippiensis

Edited by Ferox_Formicae, June 5 2019 - 6:03 PM.