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[AntsTexas]

solenopsis invicta flying

 

and   Pogonomyrmex barbatus are flying 2!!

 

[Crystals]

Species: Formica ulkei

Location: Athabasca, Alberta (Canada)

Date: July 9 2015

Time: 2:30pm

Temperature: 31C (88F)

Humidity: 45%

Wind: 10km/hr (very light)

Rain: Rained too days ago, might get more today, feels very muggy.

 

Saw one queen around 10am and 2 more between 2:00-3:30.  Also saw my first male ulkei, then I saw 7 more males.  I will post pictures of the male later.

 

Edit: yes I meant July, not June.

[dspdrew]

Did you mean to put June or July?

[Gregory2455]

Today I caught 18 Solenopsis aurea/amblychila queens, two Solenopsis xyloni queens, one Solenopsis molesta queen, and a Pogonomyrmex californicus queen foraging.

Edited by Gregory2455, July 12 2015 - 9:14 PM.

[dspdrew]

Species: Solenopsis xyloni, S. molesta, S. amblychila, Pheidole sp. [44], Temnothorax sp. [181], Nylanderia vividula, Crematogaster sp. [80], Hypoponera sp.
Location: Trabuco Canyon, California
Date: 7-12-2015
Time: 9:00 PM
Temperature: 70 F
Humidity: 70%
Wind: None
Rain: None

[Ants4fun]

temnothorax curvispinosus was flying last night in Sioux Falls, SD. It was very hot, it reached 97 degrees F. It was also very humid With humidity reaching 94% However I found them at a porch light at 11:00. It was about 85 degrees F, and about 65% humidity. There where queens as well as males. I collected 7 winged queens.

Edited by Ants4fun, July 13 2015 - 11:19 AM.

[dspdrew]

Species: Pheidole moerens, Nylanderia sp.

Location: Costa Mesa, California

Date: 7-19-2015

Time: 5:00 AM

Temperature: 70 F

Humidity: 95%

Wind: None

Rain: Moderate rain day before

[dspdrew]

Species: Pogonomyrmex tenuispinus
Location: Palm Desert, California
Date: 7-19-2015
Time: 8:00 AM
Temperature: 75 F
Humidity: 65%
Wind: None
Rain: Heavy rain day before
 
Species: Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California
Date: 7-20-2015
Time: 10:00 AM
Temperature: 80 F
Humidity: 65%
Wind: None
Rain: Heavy rain day before
 
Species: Myrmecocystus sp.
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California
Date: 7-20-2015
Time:
Temperature:
Humidity:
Wind: None
Rain: Heavy rain day before
 
Species: Myrmecocystus mexicanus, M. navajo
Location: 29 Palms, California
Date: 7-19-2015
Time:
Temperature:
Humidity:
Wind: None
Rain: Heavy rain day before
 
Species: Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Myrmecocystus mimicus, Pheidole xerophila
Location: 29 Palms, California
Date: 7-20-2015
Time:
Temperature:
Humidity:
Wind: None
Rain: Heavy rain day before
 
Species: Myrmecocystus mexicanus, M. navajo
Location: Yucca Valley, California
Date: 7-19-2015
Time:
Temperature:
Humidity:
Wind: None
Rain: Heavy rain day before
 
Species: Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Solenopsis xyloni, Pheidole desertorum, Dorymyrmex bicolor
Location: Yucca Valley, California
Date: 7-20-2015
Time:
Temperature:
Humidity:
Wind: None
Rain: Heavy rain day before
 
Species: Myrmecocystus mexicanus, M. navajo, Dorymyrmex insanus
Location: Yucca Valley, California
Date: 7-20-2015
Time: 8:00 PM
Temperature: 75 F
Humidity: 60%
Wind: None
Rain: Heavy rain day before
 
Species: Myrmecocystus mexicanus, Myrmecocystus cf. romainei, M. navajo, M. yuma, M. mimicus,  Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Location: Landers, California
Date: 7-20-2015
Time:
Temperature:
Humidity:
Wind: None
Rain: Heavy rain day before
 
Species: Myrmecocystus navajo, M. yuma, M. mimicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Solenopsis xyloni
Location: Johnson Valley, California
Date: 7-20-2015
Time:
Temperature:
Humidity:
Wind: None
Rain: Heavy rain day before
 
Species: Myrmecocystus mexicanus, M. navajo, M. mimicus
Location: Phelan, California
Date: 7-20-2015
Time:
Temperature:
Humidity:
Wind: None
Rain: Heavy rain day before
 
Species: Myrmecocystus mimicus
Location: Phelan, California
Date: 7-21-2015
Time: 8:00 AM
Temperature: 80 F
Humidity: 60%
Wind: None
Rain: Recent heavy rain
 
Species: Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Location: Phelan, California
Date: 7-21-2015
Time: 10:00 AM
Temperature: 85 F
Humidity: 50%
Wind: None
Rain: Recent heavy rain
 
Species: Myrmecocystus mexicanus, Myrmecocystus cf. mendax, M. navajo, M. mimicus
Location: Adelanto, California
Date: 7-20-2015
Time:
Temperature:
Humidity:
Wind: None
Rain: Heavy rain day before
 
Species: Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Location: Adelanto, California
Date: 7-21-2015
Time:
Temperature:
Humidity:
Wind: None
Rain: Recent heavy rain

[Crystals]

Species: Formica aserva

Location: Perryvale, Alberta (near Athabasca)

Date: 7-28-2015

Time:  4-6pm

Temperature:  24-25C  (75-77F)

Humidity:  ~70-80%

Wind: 4km/hr with gusts up to 12km/hr

Rain: light shower 2 days previously, none as of July 30

 

Largest number of Formica aserva queens running around that I have ever seen.  Usually I only see 2-3, but I saw over a dozen.  Looked hard, but I did not see any Formica aserva nest despite the fact that the area had been cleared last year and was mostly bare ground with clumps of weeds.

[dermy]

Wow so I should be on the look out here soon too then! If it ever stops raining!

[dspdrew]

Species: Pogonomyrmex montanus

Location: Big Bear Lake, California

Date: 7-25-2015

Time:

Temperature:

Humidity:

Wind:

Rain: Recent heavy rain

[dspdrew]

Species: Pogonomyrmex rugosus

Location: Riverside, California

Date: 7-28-2015

Time:

Temperature:

Humidity:

Wind:

Rain: Recent heavy rain

[dspdrew]

Species: Pogonomyrmex californicus

Location: Hesperia, California

Date: 7-29-2015

Time: 9:00 AM

Temperature:

Humidity:

Wind:

Rain: None

[Gregory2455]

Species: Pogonomyrmex californicus
Location: Hesperia, California
Date: 7-29-2015
Time: 9:00 AM
Temperature:
Humidity:
Wind:
Rain: None

Pogonomyrmex californicus bicolor???

[dspdrew]

Apparently. That's what some guy that lives there was saying in the chat room.

[Crystals]

Species: Lasius neoniger

Location: Athabasca Alberta

Date: 8-4-2015

Time: 5:00 pm

Temperature: 23C (73F)

Humidity:

Wind: none

Rain: light showers on and off all week.  No rain that day.

 

Small flight, but I was surprised to see them this early.  Checked a wild nest and very few alate pupae left, most have eclosed.  Might be an early winter.

 

Species: Formica podzolica

Location: Athabasca, Alberta

Date: 8-6-2015

Time: 1:00pm

Temperature: 18C (64F)

Humidity:  53%

Wind: none to low (8km/hr)

Rain: None today.  Showers last 2 days.

 

I have seen the odd queen here and there, and a few males.  Doesn't look like the big flight quite yet.  There were tonnes of alate pupae in nests earlier, but after a 3 day rain several weeks ago I am only seeing a few alates or alate pupae in the nests.

[dermy]

August 8/2015
Lasius neoniger flew
Formica sp. Flew

I also found what i assume to be a Parasitic Formica queen and two parasitic Lasius queens.

Sask. Canada Temp: 21C Hot and lots of humidity, it just rained for 2 days including the morning that these flights took place!

[dspdrew]

Species: Acromyrmex versicolor

Location: Tucson, Arizona

Date: 8-12-2015

Time: Morning

Temperature:

Humidity:

Wind:

Rain: Heavy rain day before

 

Wamdar alerted me to this story.

 

http://arizonabeetle...utter-ants.html

[Gregory2455]

[Nes187]

Not sure what they are but maybe lasius something, in alberta today, about 30 degrees not much rain for the last fee days but pretty humid today