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I'm going to florida in December. Anyone know what species fly in florida at that time?

Started By Bugging3out , Nov 28 2021 9:38 AM
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#1 Offline Bugging3out - Posted November 28 2021 - 9:38 AM

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I'm going to florida in December. Anyone know what species fly in florida at that time? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!


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peace!  :afro:

#2 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted November 28 2021 - 10:32 AM

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I'm going to florida in December. Anyone know what species fly in florida at that time? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

why do you want to know?


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#3 Offline ANTdrew - Posted November 28 2021 - 10:35 AM

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I'm going to florida in December. Anyone know what species fly in florida at that time? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

why do you want to know?
Haha, yeah.
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#4 Offline Manitobant - Posted November 28 2021 - 1:24 PM

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It really depends on where in Florida you are. In north and central Florida, the only stuff that really flies in december are invasives such as solenopsis invicta or brachymyrmex patagonicus. In south Florida, you can expect much cooler stuff to be flying, such as pheidole, cyphomyrmex, paratrechina, pseudomyrmex etc.

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#5 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted November 28 2021 - 7:41 PM

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I'm going to florida in December. Anyone know what species fly in florida at that time? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I'm pretty sure you can't get ants over state lines even if you find any

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

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#6 Offline Chickalo - Posted November 29 2021 - 6:06 AM

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Wait what, ants can fly during winter?  I always assumed they thought 60 degrees Socal weather, for example, was cold (my cousins would complain about 70 degrees, which personally is pretty nice weather so).  Also yes, uh oh spaghettios, it's illegal border stuff!  The USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) are very much plant simps and kind of sort of hate ants ever since some very nice Solenopsis destroyed plants down south, so you know, why not just ban the transportation of all ants!  After all, I'm sure ants like Acromyrmex versicolor could survive the New England winters.  Yes, I am very much complaining about the US laws.

 

Edit:  Forgot a comma after "Yes(, I am)", bothered me too much.


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シグナチャーです。예.

 

#7 Offline ANTdrew - Posted November 29 2021 - 4:10 PM

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Commas matter.
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#8 Offline antsriondel - Posted December 7 2021 - 5:23 PM

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yah :lol:


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