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Queen Ant Spotting/Mating Chart

Started By dspdrew , Dec 17 2013 12:41 PM
anting mating queens swarming alates mating flight nuptial flight

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#481 Offline LC3 - Posted August 25 2016 - 3:42 PM

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Species:Ponera pennsylvanica
Location:Toronto
Date:8-25-2016
Wind:none
Rain:hours before a storm
Can anyone give me tips on how to start these from scratch?

I don't know much about any Ponerine ants but the usual advice for Ponera spp. and other small Ponerine ants  is that they do much better with substrate.


Edited by LC3, August 25 2016 - 3:43 PM.

#482 Offline Vendayn - Posted August 25 2016 - 8:07 PM

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My parents found one of those huge Crematogaster queens that people often find in southern California. They do fly about this time, and I tend to see queens for about two weeks. My mom brought her home and I put her in a test tube.

 

They are unique because the queen is huge, and the workers are a bit bigger than normal Crematogaster workers. But, the main advantage to the queens size according to Drew and his colony, is the colony gets a lot bigger (or grows faster anyway).

 

Hopefully she is a success, because Crematogaster and Camponotus are two species I've never had luck with lol. Probably the two worst genus of ant for me for some reason. They always get to worker stage (1-3 workers) and then they die. But, this Crematogaster queen is really cool because she is pretty much the size of a Camponotus. I remember last year I even thought she was a Camponotus or some type of rare huge ant. 


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#483 Offline Canadian anter - Posted August 26 2016 - 6:34 AM

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Species:Solenopsis molesta, Myrmica rubra, Crematogaster lineolata,Crematogaster cerasi
Location:Toronto,Canada
Date:8-26-2016
Wind:none
Rain:day after it rained

Species:Brachymyrme cf depilis, Myrmica sp.
Location:Vancouver,Canada
Date:8-26-2016
Wind:none
Rain:day after it rained

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#484 Offline AntsMAN - Posted August 28 2016 - 4:32 AM

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Species: Lasius neoniger

Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: August 28, 2016
Time:  8PM 
Temperature: 75 F
Humidity: 30%
Wind: very light
Rain: none
 
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Current queens/colonies

Camponotus novaeboracensis x2

Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2

Camponotus herculeanus x1

Formica sp. x1

Lasius americanus x1  (Lasius alienus)

Lasius neoniger x1

Crematogastor cerasi x1

Myrmica sp. x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#485 Offline AntsMAN - Posted August 28 2016 - 4:34 AM

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Species: Camponotus noveboracensis

Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: August 28, 2016
Time:  8PM 
Temperature: 75 F
Humidity: 30%
Wind: very light
Rain: none
 
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Current queens/colonies

Camponotus novaeboracensis x2

Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2

Camponotus herculeanus x1

Formica sp. x1

Lasius americanus x1  (Lasius alienus)

Lasius neoniger x1

Crematogastor cerasi x1

Myrmica sp. x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#486 Offline AntsMAN - Posted August 28 2016 - 6:17 PM

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Species: Lasius subumbratus

Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: August 28, 2016
Time:  6PM 
Temperature: 75 F
Humidity: 30%
Wind: very light
Rain: none

 

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Current queens/colonies

Camponotus novaeboracensis x2

Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2

Camponotus herculeanus x1

Formica sp. x1

Lasius americanus x1  (Lasius alienus)

Lasius neoniger x1

Crematogastor cerasi x1

Myrmica sp. x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#487 Offline AntsMAN - Posted August 28 2016 - 6:19 PM

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Species: Crematogaster cerasi

Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: August 28, 2016
Time:  7:30PM 
Temperature: 75 F
Humidity: 30%
Wind: very light
Rain: none
 
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Current queens/colonies

Camponotus novaeboracensis x2

Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2

Camponotus herculeanus x1

Formica sp. x1

Lasius americanus x1  (Lasius alienus)

Lasius neoniger x1

Crematogastor cerasi x1

Myrmica sp. x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#488 Offline Vendayn - Posted August 29 2016 - 9:39 PM

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Solenopsis invicta must have flown today. Found a couple queens in the pool tonight. Will see if they are fertile or not.


#489 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 30 2016 - 12:40 AM

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Species: Solenopsis molesta

Location: Primm, Nevada

Date: 8-27-2016

Time: 9:00 PM

Temperature: 75 F

Humidity:

Wind: Light

Rain: Heavy rain day before

 

Species: Doryymyrmex bicolor, Pheidole xerophila, Myrmecocystus yuma

Location: Needles, California

Date: 8-27-2016

Time: ??:?? PM

Temperature: 75 F

Humidity:

Wind: Light

Rain: Heavy rain earlier

 

Species: Acromyrmex versicolor

Location: Havasu Lake, California

Date: 8-28-2016

Time: 8:00 AM

Temperature: 78 F

Humidity:

Wind: Light

Rain: Heavy rain day before


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#490 Offline Canadian anter - Posted September 6 2016 - 5:09 PM

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Species:Myrmica rubra,Myrmica sp,Lasius neoniger, crematogaster sp. Ponera pennsylvanica
Location:Toronto, Canada
Date:September 4,5,6
Rain:none
Wind:none

Species:Lasius umbratus,Lasius pallitarsis, Lasius neoniger
Location:Georgina bay, Canada
Date:September 5,6
Rain:none
Wind:none

I didn't get any queens other than the ponera. I now hate spiders. The ones listed that I didn't get were all in spider webs except for the neoniger which was dehydrated
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#491 Offline AntsMAN - Posted September 7 2016 - 5:30 AM

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Species: Lasius neoniger

Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: September 7, 2016
Time:  10:30AM 
Temperature: 75 F
Humidity: 60-70%
Wind: very light
Rain: very little

Current queens/colonies

Camponotus novaeboracensis x2

Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2

Camponotus herculeanus x1

Formica sp. x1

Lasius americanus x1  (Lasius alienus)

Lasius neoniger x1

Crematogastor cerasi x1

Myrmica sp. x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#492 Offline Canadian anter - Posted September 7 2016 - 10:44 AM

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Species:Lasius neoniger
Date:September 7
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Rain:none
Wind:a little

I found a queen in my shoe :)
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#493 Offline AntsMAN - Posted September 7 2016 - 5:06 PM

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Species: Crematogaster cerasi

Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: September 7, 2016
Time:  5:00PM 
Temperature: 75 F
Humidity: 60%
Wind: very light
Rain: Light
 
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Current queens/colonies

Camponotus novaeboracensis x2

Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2

Camponotus herculeanus x1

Formica sp. x1

Lasius americanus x1  (Lasius alienus)

Lasius neoniger x1

Crematogastor cerasi x1

Myrmica sp. x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#494 Offline AntsMAN - Posted September 7 2016 - 5:29 PM

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Species: Myrmica sp.

Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: September 7, 2016
Time:  5:00PM 
Temperature: 75 F
Humidity: 60%
Wind: very light
Rain: Light

 

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Current queens/colonies

Camponotus novaeboracensis x2

Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2

Camponotus herculeanus x1

Formica sp. x1

Lasius americanus x1  (Lasius alienus)

Lasius neoniger x1

Crematogastor cerasi x1

Myrmica sp. x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#495 Offline Canadian anter - Posted September 7 2016 - 6:00 PM

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Species:Lasius pallitarsis,neoniger,flavus,myrmica sp. Brachymyrmex depilis
Location:Toronto
Date:September 7

40 degrees today plus a light shower

Blacklight became black from the males as they piled on

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#496 Offline spider_creations - Posted September 8 2016 - 8:01 AM

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Yesterday we got a ton of rain in the mountains near me some parts got 5.5 inches. While the rest of the desert got about a inch or more......let's see what's flying :)

#497 Offline spider_creations - Posted September 8 2016 - 9:17 AM

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Species: Acromyrmex vericolor.

Location: tucson, Arizona desert

Temp: around 80 degrees

Time: 9:00 AM

Notes: huge rain showers about 12 hours before many of the queens were diging there founding chambers and looking for a good area to dig. I could not help to catch a few

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#498 Offline noebl1 - Posted September 8 2016 - 10:29 AM

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Species: Myrmica, Ponera, Myrmecina (waiting confirmation), and numerous Lasius including parasitic flying

Location: Tyngsboro, Massachusetts
Date: September 8, 2016
Time:  2:00PM 
Temperature: 78 F
Humidity: 80%
Wind: very light
Rain: .01" over night after mist

#499 Offline Canadian anter - Posted September 8 2016 - 8:01 PM

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Species:Lasius flavus,Umbratus group lasius,leptothorax muscorum,ponera Pennsylvanica
Solenopsis molesta,brachymyrmex depilis,stenamma brevicorne
Location:Toronto,Canada
Date:September 8
Rain:2 days after
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#500 Offline Canadian anter - Posted September 11 2016 - 9:26 PM

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Species:Crematogaster cerasi
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Rain:few hours after
Two queens!
That makes 10 this season!
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