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Los Angeles, California Queen Ants?

Started By MadMorg2001 , May 11 2019 2:06 PM

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#1 Offline MadMorg2001 - Posted May 11 2019 - 2:06 PM

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I am trying to catch some queen ants during their nuptial flights as right now is the perfect time. However, all I see in my backyard is tiny black ants so I have had terrible luck with actually finding queen ants in my area. Any tips or tricks?

#2 Offline dspdrew - Posted May 11 2019 - 4:31 PM

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If you live in LA, you most likely will never find anything in your back yard. If you want to find interesting ants, you will need to drive out to the wilderness.

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#3 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted May 11 2019 - 6:43 PM

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Or buy from any of the various sellers in CA. For example: Drew, Rstheant, Ystheant, Nurbs and Derpy.

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#4 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 17 2019 - 5:47 PM

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If you look hard enough, around your neighborhood, you will likely find: Nylanderia vividula, and Pheidole navigans. While neither of these ants are big, they are both really cool. If I were you I would definitely look for these species. Look up both species on Google, so that you know what to look for!

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).

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