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[gcsnelling]

That Red Cloud road area is really a cool spot. There is a Tetramorium out there as well.

[Major]

If someone went there on a normal day, what would you expect in general ant life? Like, what ants are you gonna see everywhere. Here in NY it's Tetramorium and Formica.

[gcsnelling]

Myrmecocystus and Pogonomyrmex for sure, also Forelius.

[StopSpazzing]

https://weather.com/...n CA 92679:4:UStrabuco canyon going to be mid 90's sat and sun. If trail is open might be worth blacklighting, may be the last heat wave this year

Edited by StopSpazzing, September 8 2018 - 12:06 AM.

[gcsnelling]

 may be the last heat wave this year

 

Not in southern California it won't be.

[Patp3]

Hey guys new to anting (still no queens) and have been out between 11am-3pm the past week trying my best to get lucky and find a queen! I'm in san diego and was hoping for some advice as to a good area and time of day to find queens. Any advice?

[dspdrew]

Hey guys new to anting (still no queens) and have been out between 11am-3pm the past week trying my best to get lucky and find a queen! I'm in san diego and was hoping for some advice as to a good area and time of day to find queens. Any advice?

 

http://www.formicult...n-ants/?p=28742

 

I actually just now went through my post and updated all of the information and links for the first time in a couple years.

[Patp3]

Thank you Drew!!

Edited by Patp3, September 21 2018 - 5:38 AM.

[StopSpazzing]

https://www.wundergr...us/ca/silverado

 

and

 

https://www.wundergr.../trabuco-canyon

 

Good temps for blacklighting? 90F today and by 7pm @ 75F

 

Kinda want to test full power to my 10W UV LED's via cigarette lighter

Edited by StopSpazzing, September 27 2018 - 1:31 PM.

[Patp3]

I'm waiting for the rain on Oct 6 in north county san diego!

[dspdrew]

Apparently there is a hurricane heading right for us, or Arizona to be exact, but it looks like SoCal might get quite a bit of rain from it. The forecast for Desert Center, CA last showed 4 days of possible rain next week.

 

 

 

 

Hopefully this is the one large storm we usually get each summer, that up until now, we have not seen this year. This might be the last anting opportunity of the season.

 

In the desert, other than Acromyrmex, I'm not sure what else might fly this late in the year. I know I have found Myrmecocystus navajo, M. yuma, and M. mendax this late before. Also Pogonomyrmex tenuispinus has flown this late too. Smaller species like Crematogaster, Dorymyrmex (nurbs' favorite), Pheidole, Solenopsis, and Brachymryrmex can fly this late as well.

 

It looks like Acromyrmex actually flew as late as October 18th.

Edited by dspdrew, September 27 2018 - 11:21 PM.

[soulsynapse]

I've been finding brachymyrmex patagonicus, another has found pheidole sp.

[dspdrew]

I've been finding brachymyrmex patagonicus, another has found pheidole sp.

 

Oh yeah, I have found Brachymyrmex out in Indio really late in the year during some hot, dry and windy weather conditions.

[dspdrew]

I was just looking back at the mating flight data, and there were actually a lot of species that flew this late in the year. I updated my earlier post.

[Scrixx]

Apparently there is a hurricane heading right for us, or Arizona to be exact, but it looks like SoCal might get quite a bit of rain from it. The forecast for Desert Center, CA last showed 4 days of possible rain next week.

 

 

 

 

Hopefully this is the one large storm we usually get each summer, that up until now, we have not seen this year. This might be the last anting opportunity of the season.

 

In the desert, other than Acromyrmex, I'm not sure what else might fly this late in the year. I know I have found Myrmecocystus navajo, M. yuma, and M. mendax this late before. Also Pogonomyrmex tenuispinus has flown this late too. Smaller species like Crematogaster, Dorymyrmex (nurbs' favorite), Pheidole, Solenopsis, and Brachymryrmex can fly this late as well.

 

It looks like Acromyrmex actually flew as late as October 18th.

 

Dang, it looks like it's barely going to touch us. Hopefully it moves just a little to the left for more area. At this point, it's just going to pass by Desert Center again.

[StopSpazzing]

I've been finding brachymyrmex patagonicus, another has found pheidole sp.

In US, brachymyrmex patagonicus is invasive. (if you didn't already know) They are everywhere. Ill follow this storm may be first time actually going out this far for anting. We'll see. I want those Honey Pots. Several colonies of them, wouldn't mind.

Edited by StopSpazzing, September 28 2018 - 12:10 PM.

[dspdrew]

 

Apparently there is a hurricane heading right for us, or Arizona to be exact, but it looks like SoCal might get quite a bit of rain from it. The forecast for Desert Center, CA last showed 4 days of possible rain next week.

 

Hopefully this is the one large storm we usually get each summer, that up until now, we have not seen this year. This might be the last anting opportunity of the season.

 

In the desert, other than Acromyrmex, I'm not sure what else might fly this late in the year. I know I have found Myrmecocystus navajo, M. yuma, and M. mendax this late before. Also Pogonomyrmex tenuispinus has flown this late too. Smaller species like Crematogaster, Dorymyrmex (nurbs' favorite), Pheidole, Solenopsis, and Brachymryrmex can fly this late as well.

 

It looks like Acromyrmex actually flew as late as October 18th.

 

Dang, it looks like it's barely going to touch us. Hopefully it moves just a little to the left for more area. At this point, it's just going to pass by Desert Center again.

 

 

That image doesn't represent all the rain produced by the storm, it represents the possible path of the center of the storm. The entire state of CA is supposed to get some rain. Northern CA will also be getting hit by another little storm system coming in from the West.

 

Checking the weather again, it looks like they are a lot more sure now about when it's going to hit, and it looks like Monday and Tuesday. For me, that's the absolute worst time. This means I'll be looking for queens in the dark after work. At least the spots I'll be checking aren't that far away this time.

[dspdrew]

Well that vanished quick. Looks like hardly anything forecast for the desert now.
 

Edit: It's only Sunday night, and already the whole area around the south entrance to Joshua Tree National Park has gotten between 1.5 and 2 inches of rain. Who knows how much will accumulate by the time this event ends Tuesday night.

Edited by dspdrew, September 30 2018 - 8:21 PM.

[Patp3]

Any part of the desert look promising? Planning to head to joshua tree tonight

Sorry multipost

Edited by Patp3, October 1 2018 - 1:04 PM.

[dspdrew]

The area around the south entrance got a lot of rain. It looks like it was mostly cloudy all day today, so I doubt any of the large morning fliers flew.