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[dspdrew]

Tetramorium Sp.E flew yesterday Nylanderia Sp. Temnothorax C. And a Pheidole sp flew today.
Chesterfield,Virginia
88 Degrees Celsius

 

What is Temnothorax C.?

[dspdrew]

I just examined the Solenopsis sp. more carefully and now think it's Crematogaster.  I assumed it was Solenopsis at first because I didn't have any magnifying device with me, and because I've never seen Crematogaster queens before.

 

Edit:  After running through this key, I think this is Crematogaster depilis.  I'll try running through it again with the first workers to die.

 

Any idea what time this and the Liometopum flew? Also, what city was the Crematogaster found in?

[dspdrew]

June 14, 2015

Went blacklighting right about here:

https://www.google.c...2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

I caught one Pogonomyrmex californicus bicolor queen, one of these weird Crematogaster queens that dspdrew has been catching as well, and one Pheidole cf. desertorum queen! Yahoo!

 

Did the Pheidole land on the black light? Do you have any pictures of it?

[cpman]

I caught a Pseudomyrmex gracilis queen while it was foraging today. Presumably, she flew a while back. She looks like she hasn't had much food...

[AntTeen804]

Tetramorium Sp.E flew yesterday Nylanderia Sp. Temnothorax C. And a Pheidole sp flew today.
Chesterfield,Virginia
88 Degrees Celsius

 
What is Temnothorax C.?

That was a typo I haven't Identified them yet.

[kellakk]

 

I just examined the Solenopsis sp. more carefully and now think it's Crematogaster.  I assumed it was Solenopsis at first because I didn't have any magnifying device with me, and because I've never seen Crematogaster queens before.

 

Edit:  After running through this key, I think this is Crematogaster depilis.  I'll try running through it again with the first workers to die.

 

Any idea what time this and the Liometopum flew? Also, what city was the Crematogaster found in?

 

 

I found the Liometopum around 5, but found males earlier and never witnessed any fly.  They were both found around Springdale, UT.

[Ants4fun]

Species: Brachymyrmex cf.musculus, Solenopsis spp including cf. invicta, cf, molesta, and others, and a large red and black Camponotus cf. floridanus.

(males and workers where also present.)

Location: Orlando, Florida  Brachymyrmex cf. musculus  and solenopsis species where in just about every city I went to. There where alates and dealates all the time, but I saw the most concentration at night under lights. There was

Date: 14-7-2015

Time: Camponotus flew when it got dark, so about 8:00 to 9:00. The others where all over, so it was hard to pinpoint a time.

Temperature: that day the high was 93 F and the low was 74 F

Humidity: that night the humidity ranged from 70% to 90%

[Gregory2455]

 

June 14, 2015

Went blacklighting right about here:

https://www.google.c...2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

I caught one Pogonomyrmex californicus bicolor queen, one of these weird Crematogaster queens that dspdrew has been catching as well, and one Pheidole cf. desertorum queen! Yahoo!

 

Did the Pheidole land on the black light? Do you have any pictures of it?

 

I can get some, and no. I found her right next to the blacklight.

[dspdrew]

Species: Crematogaster mutans, Nylanderia vividula

Location: Trabuco Canyon, California

Date: 6-19-2015

Time: 9:00 PM

Temperature: 71 F

Humidity: 45%

[Gregory2455]

Pseudomyrmex apache seemed to have flown today in Simi Valley, CA. I caught a single queen mid-swim out of my pool.

[dspdrew]

Lucky you. I would put it in something very narrow like a twig.

[dspdrew]

 

Species: Brachymyrmex cf.musculus, Solenopsis spp including cf. invicta, cf, molesta, and others, and a large red and black Camponotus cf. floridanus.

(males and workers where also present.)

Location: Orlando, Florida  Brachymyrmex cf. musculus  and solenopsis species where in just about every city I went to. There where alates and dealates all the time, but I saw the most concentration at night under lights. There was

Date: 14-7-2015

Time: Camponotus flew when it got dark, so about 8:00 to 9:00. The others where all over, so it was hard to pinpoint a time.

Temperature: that day the high was 93 F and the low was 74 F

Humidity: that night the humidity ranged from 70% to 90%

 

 

Have you gotten any of these ID'd, or are there any of them that you are almost positive on their ID? I haven't made a place for possible ID's, other than throwing them in with all the unknown species.

[Ants4fun]

Well I could bring any samples, but after looking at antweb there was only one remotely dark brachymyrmex. The queens I saw where not black, but really dark brown. There where also plenty of workers there that looked jet black, which I assume the queens where from. I can't get a positive ID on the Camponotus as there are so many red and black Camponotus, without a sample I could only guess... sorry, I guess my post wasn't the most helpful...

[Ants4fun]

I can tell you that it was most unusual as the males shared similar coloration. The males where not the usual black, but reddish orange. With a black gaster...

Edited by Ants4fun, June 20 2015 - 6:38 AM.

[Ants4fun]

For that reason I was thinking that they might be Camponotus tortuganus or floridanus. Then looking at colorations, C. Floridanus seemed the most likely. They where also huge, a bit larger than my C. Pennsylvanicus...

Edited by Ants4fun, June 20 2015 - 6:41 AM.

[William. T]

Huge Pheidole cf. dentate flights today in the morning in Howard County Maryland. Caught 49 queens.

[dspdrew]

For that reason I was thinking that they might be Camponotus tortuganus or floridanus. Then looking at colorations, C. Floridanus seemed the most likely. They where also huge, a bit larger than my C. Pennsylvanicus...

 

Starting to sound more like an ID thread now.

[Ants4fun]

Sorry! Just saying that I'm like 90% sure that it's C. floridanus.

[AntsNY]

Lasius interjectus flew again today at my parents house in Holley NY while I was visiting. Big swarms coming out of their cement porch. 

 

6/20/2015 - It was about 74 degrees and VERY humid.

[cpman]

Well I could bring any samples, but after looking at antweb there was only one remotely dark brachymyrmex. The queens I saw where not black, but really dark brown. There where also plenty of workers there that looked jet black, which I assume the queens where from. I can't get a positive ID on the Camponotus as there are so many red and black Camponotus, without a sample I could only guess... sorry, I guess my post wasn't the most helpful...

The Brachymyrmex widely distributed across the southern US is B. patagonicus or B. obscurior. Both were confused with B. musculus as that species is also established in the US, but only in a fairly small area. I know that B. patagonicus queens are also a dark brown.

Edited by cpman, June 22 2015 - 10:05 AM.