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[soulsynapse]

Helpful map of where you can find oak trees:

 

http://www.plantmaps...ative-range-map

 

More oak types: http://www.plantmaps...-trees-maps.php

 

[SoySauce]

I just found a queen digging a founding chamber!

 
Nice! Most likely C. Sansabeanus.
 
EDIT: On closer inspection (need better shots) this could be Myrmecocystus .

 
Yeah that's Myrmecocystus. I think it's M. mimicus. I didn't know that variety with queens that color were up in the mountains. That's awesome you found that.

Thanks Drew for the confirmation. I went back to the trail today just to see if I could get super lucky and find more Myrmecocystus or the black Camponotus since I saw so many dead drones last time, but unfortunately I didn't.

I did find 6 more c. Sansabeanus though. There was a cluster of founding chambers next to the fire road.

[SoySauce]

Helpful map of where you can find oak trees:
 
http://www.plantmaps...ative-range-map
 
More oak types: http://www.plantmaps...-trees-maps.php
 

Where in Pasadena did you guys find the black Camponotus? I stopped by a park in Pasadena on the way home and hardly saw any any activity. The ground was pretty hard too.

Edited by dspdrew, March 12 2017 - 12:40 PM.
Corrected Camponotus spelling

[dspdrew]

Species: Camponotus clarithorax, Camponotus quercicola, Camponotus sp., Camponotus vicinus

Location: Altadena, California

Date: 3-11-2017

Time: 10:00 PM

Temperature: 70 F

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Rain: Recent rain.

 

Species: Dorymyrmex insanus, Myrmecocystus mimicus

Location: Trabuco Canyon, California

Date: 3-12-2017

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Rain: Recent rain.

[xTNxANTMANx]

Dang, looks as if I need to move to Cali! I want a Camp. Species so bad. I have A colony of Aphaenogaster fulva but I want a big species. Great finds btw. The weather needs to stabilize here in TN so I can go hunting. I have an idea but when are the best conditions to find Camp.?

[thosaka]

I also found some I assume what you guys call major workers, and I couldn't tell a hundred percent if it was a queen or not, but I didn't want to risk taking it home and end up trying to return it back, so I decided to not take it. Now, I think it about it, they must have been workers.

[thosaka]

Dang, looks as if I need to move to Cali! I want a Camp. Species so bad. I have A colony of Aphaenogaster fulva but I want a big species. Great finds btw. The weather needs to stabilize here in TN so I can go hunting. I have an idea but when are the best conditions to find Camp.?

I am no expert like the others here, but I would assume 24 hrs after rain and when it is damp and warm, but for me, weather didn't matter too much because I decided to just dig holes that had little pieces of dirt around it, and caught 4 queens doing so. I avoid the holes that have lots of ants coming out because the queen usually would have already dug too deep for us to get out unless you want to dig several feet deep down.

Edited by Tagassi, March 13 2017 - 10:26 AM.

[kellakk]

Species: Veromessor pergandei

Location: Palm Desert, California

Date: 3-12-2017

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Dug up 3 queens and saw many more founding chambers near the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor center off highway 74. They seemed to have dug up a large amount of dirt, so maybe they flew early in the week?

[dspdrew]

Species: Veromessor pergandei

Location: Palm Desert, California

Date: 3-12-2017

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Dug up 3 queens and saw many more founding chambers near the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor center off highway 74. They seemed to have dug up a large amount of dirt, so maybe they flew early in the week?

 

Nice. Looks like they flew twice there.

[Socalfireants]

Species: Camponotus clarithorax, Camponotus quercicola, Camponotus sansabeanus, Camponotus vicinus

Location: Altadena, California

Date: 3-11-2017

Time: 10:00 PM

Temperature: 70 F

Humidity:

Wind:

Rain: Recent rain.

 

Species: Dorymyrmex insanus, Myrmecocystus mimicus

Location: Trabuco Canyon, California

Date: 3-12-2017

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Rain: Recent rain.

Drew, what was the evidence of a myrmecocystus flight in Trabuco Canyon ?

[dspdrew]

 

Species: Camponotus clarithorax, Camponotus quercicola, Camponotus sansabeanus, Camponotus vicinus

Location: Altadena, California

Date: 3-11-2017

Time: 10:00 PM

Temperature: 70 F

Humidity:

Wind:

Rain: Recent rain.

 

Species: Dorymyrmex insanus, Myrmecocystus mimicus

Location: Trabuco Canyon, California

Date: 3-12-2017

Time:

Temperature:

Humidity:

Wind:

Rain: Recent rain.

Drew, what was the evidence of a myrmecocystus flight in Trabuco Canyon ?

 

 

http://www.formicult...ssions/?p=53607

[soulsynapse]

Veromessor flew relatively recently in hemet.

 

Species: Veromessor pergandei

Location: Hemet CA

Date: 3-17-2017

Time: idk i dug up a founding chamber

Temperature: 80+ the last several days

Humidity: low

Wind: low

Rain: 2 weeks ago

[dspdrew]

Species: Myrmecocystus wheeleri

Location: Ortega Highway, Lake Elsinore, California

Date: 3-16-2017

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Rain: Recent rain.

[drtrmiller]

Species: Prenolepis imparis

Location: Warner Robins, Georgia, USA - On driveway in wooded residential area.

Date: 3-22-2017

Time: 5:30 PM

Temperature: 77 F

Humidity: 36%

Wind: 11 mph

Rain: Rain 50-60 miles away.

[Aaron567]

Species: Dorymyrmex bureni

Location: Pensacola, Florida

Date: 3-22-2017

Time:

Temperature: 87F

Humidity: 60%

Wind: 8 mph

Rain: Has not rained in over 1 week

[dspdrew]

Species: Veromessor pergandei

Location: Borrego Springs, California

Date: 3-16-2017

Time: 7:30 AM

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Reported by: kellakk

[AkumaArtist]

SOme info 'bout spain if you can please~

[xTNxANTMANx]

Is there anyone close to West Tennessee on here? Even on the antscanada Forum I can't seem to find anyone relatively close to me. Guess I just need to pack up and moved to California where all the action is :-) on second thought I'll stay here in Tennessee for now.

[Socalfireants]

Species: Liometopum Occidentale

Location: Trabuco Canyon, California

Date: 3-30-2017

Time: 4 PM

Temperature:79F

Humidity:Decent

Wind:

Rain: Recent (within two weeks)

Reported by:Socalfireants

[dspdrew]

 

Species: Liometopum Occidentale

Location: Trabuco Canyon, California

Date: 3-30-2017

Time: 4 PM

Temperature:79F

Humidity:Decent

Wind:

Rain: Recent (within two weeks)

Reported by:Socalfireants

 

 

Say what? They flew there last night? How many did you find?