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Southern California Anting

Started By dspdrew , Mar 6 2015 5:57 PM

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#1821 Offline M_Ants - Posted July 18 2020 - 9:48 PM

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Nothing will fly until it rains. That is IF it rains. Fingers crossed though!

Or nothing flies?


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#1822 Offline Broncos - Posted July 19 2020 - 9:51 AM

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Taken at lake mead. Raining pretty hard. I’m probably going to look for some Pogonomyrmex


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#1823 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 8 2020 - 5:07 AM

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Remember what it was like back in the days when the desert used to get rain in the summer? Looks like nobody's getting anything this season.


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#1824 Offline Broncos - Posted August 8 2020 - 6:06 AM

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I got a good amount of P Californicus from Corriganville park after a heatwave. P Subnitidius, solenopsis xyloni and molesta from black star canyon trail the night of a heatwave.
But going to the desert would have most likely turned out to be a jackpot.


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#1825 Offline nurbs - Posted August 8 2020 - 8:17 AM

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Remember what it was like back in the days when the desert used to get rain in the summer? Looks like nobody's getting anything this season.

 

 

I got a good amount of P Californicus from Corriganville park after a heatwave. P Subnitidius, solenopsis xyloni and molesta from black star canyon trail the night of a heatwave.
But going to the desert would have most likely turned out to be a jackpot.


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Drew is referring to the Summer moonsoon fliers like honeypots and Novomessors. No jackpot this year. The doppler has been amazing everywhere except southern California.

 

At least it'll be less ants for Drew and I to care for haha.


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#1826 Offline Broncos - Posted August 8 2020 - 8:22 AM

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Remember what it was like back in the days when the desert used to get rain in the summer? Looks like nobody's getting anything this season.


I got a good amount of P Californicus from Corriganville park after a heatwave. P Subnitidius, solenopsis xyloni and molesta from black star canyon trail the night of a heatwave.
But going to the desert would have most likely turned out to be a jackpot.


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Drew is referring to the Summer moonsoon fliers like honeypots and Novomessors. No jackpot this year. The doppler has been amazing everywhere except southern California.

At least it'll be less ants for Drew and I to care for haha.
Yea that’s what I meant. I was watching the desert weather but nothing. So I shared where I caught some of the queens this year. Haha! Yea there would be tons of queens to care for if the desert had monsoons.


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#1827 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 8 2020 - 10:20 AM

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Yeah I'm talking about desert ants. The springtime part of the season was good.


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#1828 Offline TheAntGuy - Posted August 14 2020 - 4:15 PM

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Looks like we are finally getting that desert monsoon weather, there's a supercell northeastish of phelan off the 395. Heading there tomorrow night certainly
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#1829 Offline M_Ants - Posted August 14 2020 - 4:19 PM

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Looks like we are finally getting that desert monsoon weather, there's a supercell northeastish of phelan off the 395. Heading there tomorrow night certainly

What are you using for tracking the weather?


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#1830 Offline Broncos - Posted August 14 2020 - 4:21 PM

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#1831 Offline M_Ants - Posted August 14 2020 - 4:35 PM

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Does anyone know about anting near Sentenac Mountain? Looks like it got rain.


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#1832 Offline TheAntGuy - Posted August 15 2020 - 1:11 PM

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4 inches of rain, 15 miles west of phelan/cajon pass. Heading up there tonight and also tomorrow night
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#1833 Offline Broncos - Posted August 15 2020 - 1:33 PM

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I’ll try to head out there as well
What species do you think will fly? Pogonomyrmex?


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#1834 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 15 2020 - 1:48 PM

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Myrmecocystus, Crematogaster, Pheidole, Camponotus, Pogonomyrmex.

Edited by NickAnter, August 15 2020 - 1:49 PM.

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). 

#1835 Offline TheAntGuy - Posted August 15 2020 - 1:50 PM

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Yup, should be a healthy mix of everything. The whole desert has lacked rain for months. The flights should be ridiculous
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#1836 Offline Broncos - Posted August 15 2020 - 1:51 PM

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Yup, should be a healthy mix of everything. The whole desert has lacked rain for months. The flights should be ridiculous

Can’t make it today. Tommorow you said as well?


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#1837 Offline TheAntGuy - Posted August 15 2020 - 2:03 PM

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I'm gonna go tonight as well as tomorrow night just in case because they might not fly tonight, they may fly tomorrow night but i don't want to miss either possibility

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#1838 Offline Broncos - Posted August 15 2020 - 2:04 PM

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I'm gonna go tonight as well as tomorrow night just in case because they might not fly tonight, they may fly tomorrow night but i don't want to miss either possibility
I'm gonna go tonight as well as tomorrow night just in case because they might not fly tonight, they may fly tomorrow night but i don't want to miss either possibility

Yea. They normally fly the next day. It all depends on when it rained.


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#1839 Offline Arthroverts - Posted August 15 2020 - 2:23 PM

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I am so happy to see the rains. Gonna try and head out this evening and definitely tomorrow.

 

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#1840 Offline Broncos - Posted August 15 2020 - 2:25 PM

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I’m worried I will run out of test tubes. I naught 60 a while ago. A few broke and I am using most now, . But I will most likely be out there tomorrow


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