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[AntsNY]

Lasius interjectus flew on June 11th and again on the 20th. Albion NY. Both Humid and hot days.

 

Edited by AntsNY, June 22 2015 - 7:12 PM.

[AntsNY]

I saw Camponotus noveboracensis preparing to fly today June 22nd Albion, NY. I kept an eye on them but never saw them fly, It was very hot and it started raining soon after. I saw queens and males poking in and out of this log.

 

 

Pics of both an unmated queen and a male.

Edited by AntsNY, June 22 2015 - 7:33 PM.

[AntsTexas]

solenopsis invicta

 

5-29-2015 at around 3:24pm

6-14-2015 at around 6:42pm

6-15-2015 at around 1:12pm

6-17-2015 at around 3:50pm

6-18-2015 at around 3:00pm

 

hope that helps, i will try to keep this updated....

 

(note: this is not 1 colony, but any where from 5 colony's and up)

[dspdrew]

Species: Cardiocondyla mauritanica.

Location: Costa Mesa, California

Date: 6-24-2015

Time: 5:00 PM

Temperature: 75 F

Humidity: 50%

Wind: Light

Rain: None

[dspdrew]

Species: Solenopsis xyloni, S. molesta, Pheidole sp. [44], Temnothorax sp. [181], Hypoponera sp.

Location: Menifee, California

Date: 6-27-2015

Time: 9:00 PM

Temperature: 77 F

Humidity: 40%

Wind: None

Rain: None

 

Species: Pogonomyrmex subnitidus

Location: Menifee, California

Date: 6-27-2015

Time:

Temperature:

Humidity:

Wind:

Rain: None

Edited by dspdrew, September 9 2015 - 12:47 AM.
Changed Pheidole sp. [181] to Temnothorax sp. [181]

[AntsTexas]

today 4:00pm S. invicta

 

[dspdrew]

Species: Solenopsis xyloni, S. molesta, S. amblychila, Pheidole desertorum, Ph. vistana, Temnothorax caguatan, Temnothorax sp. [181], Camponotus sp., Liometopum occidentale, Nylanderia vividula, Crematogaster sp. [80], Lasius sp..

Location: Trabuco Canyon, California

Date: 6-28-2015

Time: 9:00 PM

Temperature: 75 F

Humidity: 60%

Wind: None

Rain: Light earlier

 

Edit: I just learned how to recognize the difference between Pheidole vistana and P. desertorum, and it turns out the queens I found this night was actually P. desertorum and P. vistana

Edited by dspdrew, July 25 2018 - 7:39 AM.
Changed Pheidole sp. [181] to Temnothorax sp. [181]

[Gregory2455]

Species: Solenopsis xyloni, S. molesta, S. amblychila, Pheidole vistana, Pheidole spp., Camponotus sp., Liometopum occidentale, Nylanderia vividula, Nylanderia spp., Crematogaster sp. [80].

Location: Trabuco Canyon, California

Date: 6-28-2015

Time: 9:00 PM

Temperature: 75 F

Humidity: 60%

Really? Every time I do not go! No problem maybe there will still be some tomorrow.

[dspdrew]

Yeah, there was a lot going on last night. The weather couldn't have been more perfect. Hot and humid all night with almost no wind at all. It's probably going to be like this quite a bit now that we are moving into the monsoon season.

 

The Camponotus was only a couple males, but they were large and orange, so I took a specimen; I'm really curious to know what species it is. I'm thinking it might be C. fragilis or C. absquatulator.

[Foogoo]

My friend just sent me this picture tonight from a nearby park in SGV. Looks like Solenopsis getting ready to fly maybe?

Edited by Foogoo, June 29 2015 - 7:10 PM.

[dspdrew]

Yeah S. xyloni have huge swarms all around the entrances of their nests when they fly. They're flying right now. It usually happens around 5:00 pm.

[Foogoo]

Yeah S. xyloni have huge swarms all around the entrances of their nests when they fly. They're flying right now. It usually happens around 5:00 pm.

Good to know! Do you know if they might fly consecutive days or are they one and done? Is it also known if they mate in the nest or after flying? 

[dspdrew]

They will fly consecutive days from what I've seen. They also fly in small amounts all throughout the summer. I'm not exactly sure where they mate.

[dspdrew]

Species: Solenopsis xyloni, S. molesta, S. amblychila, Pheidole sp. [44], Temnothorax sp. [181], Camponotus sp., Nylanderia vividula, Crematogaster sp. [80].
Location: Trabuco Canyon, California
Date: 6-30-2015
Time: 9:00 PM
Temperature: 78 F
Humidity: 48%
Wind: Light
Rain: Light earlier

[AntsTexas]

once again, S. incta flying 7-8-2015

surprised their flying with the wind this gusty....

 

 

 

Edited by AntsTexas, July 8 2015 - 12:13 PM.

[dspdrew]

Species: Novomessor cockerelli, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Myrmecocystus mexicanus, M. navajo, M. mimicus, Camponotus fragilis, Pheidole hyatti, Pheidole sp., Dorymyrmex bicolor, D. insanus, Solenopsis molesta, Crematogaster spp.

Location: Goffs, California

Date: 7-7-2015

Time: 4:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Temperature: 75 F - 90 F

Humidity: 70% - 30%

Wind: Light

Rain: Recent heavy rain

 

Some of these are only guesses at this point, but I will update this as I get them properly ID'd.

Edited by dspdrew, January 19 2016 - 1:54 PM.

[Crystals]

Species: Leptothorax  and a very small Formica aserva

Location: Athabasca, Alberta (Canada)

Date: June 9 2015

Time: 12:30pm

Temperature: 31C (88F)

Humidity: 34%

Wind: 10km/hr (very light and sporadic)

Rain: None

 

I only saw one Leptothorax queen, I usually see a lot more after a large flight. They seem to like my white garage, so I will likely find more later.  But Alberta is currently in our worse drought since 1937, with unusually high heat.  So it will be interesting to see how this affects the flights.

This is the smallest parasitic Formica queen I have ever seen.  Some of my Formica podzolica workers are larger than her, but she does have her wings so she is definately a queen. She has a cylpheal notch and may be Formica aserva.

[Tspivey16]

Caught Several Formica subsericea today in Columbus, OH  which was as shock since the winds were very heavy all day.

 

Date: June 9 2015

Time: 10:00am and 3:45pm

Temperature: 75F

Humidity: 71%

Wind: 20mph

Rain: Mid Afternoon Showers - Cloudy all day

 

[Ants4fun]

I found a couple Formica subsericea queens two days ago in Sioux Falls south dakota.

[Ants4fun]

I found a Lasius alienus dealate 5 minutes ago (5:50 Thursday July 9, 2015) in Sioux Falls, SD.