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I need some help finding any non-hibernating Camponotus.

Started By Ants-Irvine , Apr 24 2020 5:38 PM

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#1 Offline Ants-Irvine - Posted April 24 2020 - 5:38 PM

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Hello, so I am young, meaning opportunities to go on little trips to find queens don't come often. I have already tried going into the hills twice without any success. I live in Irvine hence the name, and I noticed the temperature today was surprisingly high. Any tips would be appreciated.

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#2 Offline JenC - Posted April 24 2020 - 6:07 PM

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Go to parks with lots of trees. The ones that arent affected by humans are much better for anting.

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#3 Offline NickAnter - Posted April 24 2020 - 6:51 PM

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I have the same problem. Try to convince your parents to take you on more camping trips. I would recommend blacklighting tonight, sadly most areas with Camps around here are closed. You might be able to get one or two on a blacklight though.

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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