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[hestoncv]

I have just recently gotten into ants. I happened to have gotten involved during a great season and found me a few fire ant queens. But I am having no luck at all finding any other species. I live in North East Mississippi in the united states and would love to have some information on hunting for other species. Maybe even an arboreal one. Any information would help, excited to be here! 

[Manitobant]

Fire ants pretty much outcompete everything over there. Your best bet is to check out in the wooded areas, such as state parks and such, where invicta hasnt spread to.

[ExponentMars]

Fire ants pretty much outcompete everything over there. Your best bet is to check out in the wooded areas, such as state parks and such, where invicta hasnt spread to.

Yes, when I used to live in Texas all I could ever find in my hometown were fire ants. You have to drive away from populated areas in order to find some other species. (btw if you look in swimming pools you should be able to find many many dozens of fire ant queens, because they tend to fall into pools)

[hestoncv]

 

Fire ants pretty much outcompete everything over there. Your best bet is to check out in the wooded areas, such as state parks and such, where invicta hasnt spread to.

Yes, when I used to live in Texas all I could ever find in my hometown were fire ants. You have to drive away from populated areas in order to find some other species. (btw if you look in swimming pools you should be able to find many many dozens of fire ant queens, because they tend to fall into pools)

 

that's exactly where I found my queens haha. 

[hestoncv]

Fire ants pretty much outcompete everything over there. Your best bet is to check out in the wooded areas, such as state parks and such, where invicta hasnt spread to.

Thanks for the help! ill go check some woods tomorrow. I see camponotus can be found everywhere so ill check for those. Do you know if there are still queens?

[ANTdrew]

Learn the native plants of your area. Drive out to prime habitats where native vegetation still dominates. Edge habitats, eg, where a meadow meets a forest, will harbor the greatest diversity of all kinds of life, ants included. Certain species coexist with fire ants, like Crematogaster or Prenolepis, so those will be your best bets.