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Pogonomyrmex occidentalis alates spotted in Medicine Hat last 2 days!

Started By sweetgrass , Jul 18 2019 10:02 AM

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#1 Offline sweetgrass - Posted July 18 2019 - 10:02 AM

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I am beyond excited. I thought they flew in morning. Seems late afternoon. So I will return later today. Rain in threatening so I am very hopeful they will fly. I’ve found 20 nests in a small area. Got some great pix!!! Will try to attach them. I’ve been waiting for 11 months for this day since I discovered them here in Medicine Hat

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#2 Offline sweetgrass - Posted July 18 2019 - 10:14 AM

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#3 Offline sweetgrass - Posted July 18 2019 - 10:16 AM

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Males and females here

#4 Offline sweetgrass - Posted July 18 2019 - 10:17 AM

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https://imgur.com/a/C01XSMr

One of the many nests

#5 Offline sweetgrass - Posted July 18 2019 - 10:20 AM

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https://imgur.com/a/9TNPJYA

This was cool to see. Nest is on a tire track and a vehicle had just gone by. Entrance hole crushed. They worked away and opened it up. That’s when the males came out

#6 Offline sweetgrass - Posted July 18 2019 - 10:24 AM

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Temporarily took pix of princess yesterday and then put her back

#7 Offline sweetgrass - Posted July 18 2019 - 10:30 AM

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In the above pix the princesses were helping to move rocks.

As well. Three nests had blocked their entrance holes overnight when I arrived at 8:30 am there were no entrances. Also watching Formica obscuripes at the Pogonomyrmex nests and the Pogonomyrmex and then rolling around and biting and the obscuripes quickly leaving. Nasty bites

#8 Offline sweetgrass - Posted July 18 2019 - 10:32 AM

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I believe Medicine Hat is the only place they are found in Canada
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