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Started By smares , Oct 19 2020 9:21 PM

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#1 Offline smares - Posted October 19 2020 - 9:21 PM

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Hey all I am in Colorado and was wondering if it's too late to find queens at this point?
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#2 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 20 2020 - 4:31 AM

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Its a little late but you my find late flying crematogaster, lasius and some lasius parasites are flying right now like lasius umbratus and claviger.


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#3 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted October 20 2020 - 5:00 AM

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Its a little late but you my find late flying crematogaster, lasius and some lasius parasites are flying right now like lasius umbratus and claviger.

That depends on weather. Here it's going to keep on snowing for the foreseeable future. If it's consistently colder than 60 you're probably not going to find anything.


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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

 

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Tetramorium immigrans

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

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#4 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted October 20 2020 - 5:13 AM

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your best bet to find the most queens is may-july. that is when the most diverse flights fly. the second most diverse is probably august-september or october.


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#5 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted October 20 2020 - 5:13 AM

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For us October is usually just late, straggling leftovers, though.


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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

#6 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted October 20 2020 - 5:25 AM

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For us October is usually just late, straggling leftovers, though.

right. i was just saying that for others in warmer regions


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#7 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted October 20 2020 - 6:47 AM

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For us October is usually just late, straggling leftovers, though.

right. i was just saying that for others in warmer regions

 

Not that Colorado would be considered 'warm'........


"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

#8 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted October 20 2020 - 7:02 AM

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For us October is usually just late, straggling leftovers, though.

right. i was just saying that for others in warmer regions

 

Not that Colorado would be considered 'warm'........

 

i was just saying that as a general note. but yes, in colorado, october would be a little late to look for queens.


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#9 Offline ZTYguy - Posted October 20 2020 - 8:43 AM

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For us October is usually just late, straggling leftovers, though.

right. i was just saying that for others in warmer regions

 

Not that Colorado would be considered 'warm'........

 

i was just saying that as a general note. but yes, in colorado, october would be a little late to look for queens.

 

We have Acromyrmex and a lot of Solenopsis that fly here at large in August-October(Mostly August).


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#10 Offline Spazmops - Posted October 20 2020 - 3:07 PM

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Hey all I am in Colorado and was wondering if it's too late to find queens at this point?

Hey, a fellow Coloradan! I haven't seen anything recently, I think the most recent queen I saw was Lasius sp. about a month ago.


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1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 

#11 Offline Devi - Posted October 21 2020 - 7:08 AM

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Wow!  Colorado members seem to be going up which makes me really happy!  As for your question, smares, the last queen I found was lasius about a month ago.  The high is going to be 29 this weekend, so if ants aren't already hibernating, they will definitely start soon.  I have looked for other queens, but sadly I think nuptial flights are over until next year.  :(


#12 Offline smares - Posted October 26 2020 - 4:55 PM

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Thank you for all the replies. Maybe someone has extra...guess I'll just have to settle for once again trying to make the perfect, low maintenance ant nest. How did summer go so fast!
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