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Ant flights Alberta

Started By swagneylitness , Mar 29 2020 10:31 AM

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#1 Offline swagneylitness - Posted March 29 2020 - 10:31 AM

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Does anyone know how early ants start flying in Alberta? Where I live we have had 1 or two days that reached 10 degrees c (50 F) but it still dips below freezing at night. Is there any hope of finding queens at this point or is that not possible?

#2 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 29 2020 - 10:43 AM

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Prenolepis flights occur the first day it hits 69 degrees F (20.5 C). If your weather is anything like ours, which I assume it is, then it should be around April/May. If this is true for you, then Camponotus should fly in June or July.

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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#3 Offline NickAnter - Posted March 29 2020 - 10:48 AM

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Prenolepis is not present in Alberta.... Cmponotus should fly when it get s warm, like 75-80 there, maybe lower. I am not too sure, but those will be the first flyers. You may be able to find parasitic Lasius on the ground looking for hosts soon too.

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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).

#4 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 29 2020 - 11:10 AM

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True. Sorry, should’ve checked out Prenolepis on AntMaps.........

"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

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