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8/31 Huge nuptial flight at Southern NY beach

Started By qwerty3 , Sep 3 2019 11:28 AM

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#1 Offline qwerty3 - Posted September 3 2019 - 11:28 AM

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Last Saturday there was a MASSIVE nuptial flight at the beach in Southern NY around 5-6 pm. I suspect they are Lasius neoniger due to the proximity to Labor Day, but I can't be sure. The queens are about 1 cm long.

 

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#2 Offline DDD101DDD - Posted September 3 2019 - 11:36 AM

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Do you think that they'll fly again soon?


He travels, he seeks the p a r m e s a n.

#3 Offline qwerty3 - Posted September 3 2019 - 11:40 AM

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I have no idea. But this flight was HUGE. There were a lot of flying queens. I didn't notice many males though.


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#4 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted September 3 2019 - 11:41 AM

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Yeah Lasius for sure, but no way to tell the species with those pics and no habitat of collection.

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#5 Offline qwerty3 - Posted September 3 2019 - 11:58 AM

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Collection was at a beach near some dunes. Hopefully these are better pics. Also, her gaster has a very odd reflective/luster quality.

 

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#6 Offline Okeedoke22 - Posted September 4 2019 - 7:33 PM

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There was a flight today pretty sure it was lasuis. In Queens NY. Hopefully not parasitic. I lost my micro lens attachment for my phone so pictures are hopeless. I also caught what I believe is Brachymyrmex. Flying side by side. Though I have caught them near my house before and when I went to look back at pictures they were much darker. The one I caught today are more orange.

Prenolepis Imparis

Tetramorium Sp. E

Crematogaster
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Lasius Claviger 

 

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