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[Crystals]

Species: Lasius neoniger and Lasius sp. (larger wood dwelling type, likely crypticus)

Location: Athabasca, Alberta

Date: 8-8-2015

Time: 3-6pm

Temperature:  25C

Humidity:

Wind:

Rain: none for past 2 days

 

Species: Aphaenogaster

Location:  Fairmont Hot Springs, BC

Date: 8-12-2015

Time:

Temperature:  34C

Humidity:

Wind:

Rain: none

 

Found quite a few under stones the next day, but now they have dug much deeper.

 

Species: Formica sp. - parasitic queens

Location:  Fairmont Hot Springs, BC

Date: 8-12-2015

Time:

Temperature:  34C

Humidity:

Wind:

Rain: none

 

Not a Formica queen I have seen before.  I saw about half a dozen, black gaster, red head, red thorax with the top part of the thorax being an odd grey color.  Even more bizarre, these queens adopt adult workers from a host colony.  I have 2 with their host workers I watched one, then introduced a worker from the host nest to the other queen.  It worked, and it didn't hurt that the queen had pigged out on nectar prior and the worker really wanted some.

I will have to post pictures when I get out of these mountains.

 

Flipped over a rock and found a yellow Lasius species with some alates.  Looks like they are getting ready to fly.  I sure hope to catch some this year, but they are quite uncommon, I only found that one colony.  I was surprised as how yellow their gasters were compared to other Lasius I have seen.

[LC3]

Species: Parasitic Formica sp.

Location: Okanagan Lake,BC

Date: around Aug/11/2015 - Aug/13/2015

Time: Unknown 

Temperature:  23C - 30C?

Humidity: Pretty dry down in Okanagan Lake

Wind: None

Rain: None

(This might be the Formica species Crystal described. Found a bunch of Fusca Formica chambers with nanitics, maybe they flew at this time b/c they parasitize these black Formica's? Either way I gave them some brood from Formica argentae (not suspected host) and they're doing great. One even had a worker eclose.

 

 

 

Species: Formica sp. They are small and brown.

Location: Some sort of mountain, not as high elevations as the other Formica's though.

Date: Aug/10/2015 

Time: 11;30 pm - 1:30pm

Temperature:  Pretty hot. Maybe around 24-25C

Humidity: Dry

Wind: None

Rain: No rain on the day of flight or if there was rain before or whatever.

 

EDIT: Turns out the brown formica queens may be Lasius. So just swap Formica with Lasius.

Edited by LC3, August 15 2015 - 5:37 PM.

[dspdrew]

Species: Solenopsis xyloni, S. molesta, S. amblychila, Temnothorax sp. [181], Nylanderia vividula, Crematogaster sp.

Location: Trabuco Canyon, California

Date: 8-13-2015

Time: 9:00 PM

Temperature: 78 F

Humidity: 40%

Wind: None

Rain: None

[William. T]

Must be the front driving all those queens flying...

[AntsNY]

August 15th (Albion NY) Lasius claviger swarmed my entire house, it was quite a show. (the smaller yellow citronella ants)

 

Wingless queens were easy to catch in the road outside, I grabbed 5 right away.

 

It rained all day yesterday, today no rain - was around 80 degrees Fahrenheit 

[Mercutia]

Aphaenogaster picea mating flight confirmed friday.

 

Location: Toronto, Canada

Edited by dspdrew, August 17 2015 - 6:48 AM.
Added location

[AntsTexas]

Forelius pruinosus,

Brachymyrmex depilis,

Solenopsis cf. molesta

 

took flight on 8-16-2015

 

Edited by AntsTexas, August 17 2015 - 5:19 PM.

[LC3]

Those golden ants look like Lasius assuming they are medium ish ants.

[AntsTexas]

Those golden ants look like Lasius assuming they are medium ish ants.

 

thanks, this will give me a general area to look at 2 find out what they r

[LC3]

I just realized you we're in Texas and I'm not sure if Lasius is found there.   Texas is kinda southish.

[AntsTexas]

lol

Edited by AntsTexas, August 17 2015 - 4:13 PM.

[William. T]

I just realized you we're in Texas and I'm not sure if Lasius is found there.   Texas is kinda southish.

Lasius is found in Texas. Look at the map. The yellow ones definitely look like Lasius.

[AntsTexas]

I just realized you we're in Texas and I'm not sure if Lasius is found there.   Texas is kinda southish.

yep

Edited by AntsTexas, August 17 2015 - 5:14 PM.

[Gregory2455]

Those golden ants look like Lasius assuming they are medium ish ants.

What? 

[AntsTexas]

S. invicta colony's taking flight today

 

 

 

maybe a little too windy today, 1 invicta colony was like we r gonna fly today, everybody comes out and 5 mins later oh !@#$!! it's too windy alright everybody back inside we will try this again tomorrow lol

Edited by AntsTexas, August 22 2015 - 3:03 PM.

[AntsTexas]

s. invicta and p. barbatus just started their flight(s)....

 

 

Edited by AntsTexas, August 24 2015 - 11:52 AM.

[Crystals]

Species: Myrmica

Location: Athabasca, Alberta

Date: Aug 23 - 25.

Time: 1-5pm

Temperature:  22-25C

Humidity:

Wind: little to none

Rain: none for past 4 days

 

Seen several Myrmica alates and delalates scurrying around the last 3 days.  Also saw a Formica neogagates queen.

[dermy]

Oh boy if that happens here my yard will be overrun by Myrmica, I have like 30+ nests just ready to go with alates.

[William. T]

We need to make an anting theme song that we can hum as we catch ants:

 

"I wanna be the very best,

Like no one ever was.
To catch them is my real test,
To keep them is my cause.

I will travel across the land,
Searching far and wide.
Each ant to understand
The knowledge that's inside

Ants, (gotta catch them all) its you and me
I know its my destiny
Formicidae, oh, you're my best friend
In a world we explore.

 

Ants, (gotta catch them all) a heart so true

Our knowledge will pull us through
You stay in my formicarium and I'll feed you
(A-N-T) Gotta catch 'em all

Every challenge along the way
With courage I will face
I will feed you every day
To claim my rightful place...."

 

Yeah, you know the rest.

 

[LC3]

I never played Pokemon before. I don't have a single clue on how the tune fits past the 4th or so line.