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Water to lure in alates?

Started By William. T , Mar 14 2015 3:22 PM

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#21 Offline Crystals - Posted March 17 2015 - 9:53 AM

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I find queens tend to land on shiney black surfaces a lot where I am. Cars, trampolines....

They don't stay long, but if you are sitting next to it reading and keeping an eye on you can see quite a few if there is a flight.

I had a lot of water beetles and bugs landing the day I washed the trampoline...

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#22 Offline William. T - Posted March 17 2015 - 11:14 AM

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My patio is a dull gray. It get SO hot in midday that you could fry a Formica queen there and eat it, but there still are ants living between the cracks. A lot of them.

Species I keep:

1 Lasius cf. Neoniger 30 workers

1 Camponotus sp. 15 workers

20 Tetramorium SpE 30 workers

1 T. Sessile 200 workers