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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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#721 Offline Aaron567 - Posted May 21 2017 - 7:18 PM

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Species: Brachymyrmex minutus, Camponotus castaneus, Colobopsis impressa, Dorymyrmex bureni, Pheidole metallescens

Location: Pensacola, Florida

Date: May 21, 2017

Time: 9-10:00 PM

Temperature: 75 F

Humidity: 88%

Wind: none

Rain: Earlier today


#722 Offline 123LordOfAnts123 - Posted May 21 2017 - 8:34 PM

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Species: Brachymyrmex minutus, Camponotus castaneus, Colobopsis impressa, Dorymyrmex bureni, Pheidole metallescens
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Date: May 21, 2017
Time: 9-10:00 PM
Temperature: 75 F
Humidity: 88%
Wind: none
Rain: Earlier today


You guys are getting all the rain! Send some down here!

#723 Offline kellakk - Posted May 22 2017 - 11:44 AM

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Species: Colobopsis cf. etiolata
Location: College Station, TX
Date: May 20, 2017
Time: 10 PM
Temperature: 76 degrees F
Humidity: 90%
Wind: 8 mph
Rain: Thunderstorms, light to moderate rain the hour before

 


Current Species:
Camponotus fragilis

Novomessor cockerelli

Pogonomyrmex montanus

Pogonomyrmex rugosus

Manica bradleyi

 

 

#724 Offline Jelly - Posted May 22 2017 - 12:31 PM

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Species: Pogonomyrmex Californicus, Solenopsis Xyloni

Location: San Gabriel Valley, California

Date: May 20, 2017

Time: 3-6pm Pogonomyrmex - 8pm Solenopsis

Temperature: 95 F Pogonomyrmex - 85 F Solenopsis

Humidity: 25% Pogonomyrmex - 40% Solenopsis

Wind: 3-6 mph

Rain: Several weeks since rain


Edited by Jelly, May 25 2017 - 8:38 PM.

#725 Offline Aaron567 - Posted May 22 2017 - 6:25 PM

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Species: Solenopsis pergandei

Location: Pensacola, Florida

Date: May 22, 2017

Time: 5:00 PM

Temperature: 81F

Humidity: 80%

Wind: 1 mph

Rain: 1 day ago

 

Species: Dorymyrmex bureni

Location: Pensacola, Florida

Date: May 22, 2017

Time: 9:00 PM

Temperature: 75F

Humidity: 84%

Wind: 1 mph

Rain: 1 day ago


#726 Offline 123LordOfAnts123 - Posted May 23 2017 - 11:02 AM

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Species: Pheidole floridana, Pheidole sp., Pheidole dentata, Pheidole obscurithorax, Pheidole navigans, Solenopsis pergandei,
Solenopsis carolinensis, Nylanderia bourbonica, Odontomachus brunneus, Aphaenogaster carolinensis
Location: Orlando, FL
Date: May 20, 2017
Time: 5:30-6:00am
Temperature: 73F
Humidity: 90%
Wind: 0-3mph
Rain: 12 hours prior

#727 Offline Bracchymyrmex - Posted May 23 2017 - 11:09 AM

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Species: Pheidole floridana, Pheidole sp., Pheidole dentata, Pheidole obscurithorax, Pheidole navigans, Solenopsis pergandei,
Solenopsis carolinensis, Nylanderia bourbonica, Odontomachus brunneus, Aphaenogaster carolinensis
Location: Orlando, FL
Date: May 20, 2017
Time: 5:30-6:00am
Temperature: 73F
Humidity: 90%
Wind: 0-3mph
Rain: 12 hours prior

Look who finally got some rain :)


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#728 Offline Aaron567 - Posted May 23 2017 - 7:45 PM

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Species: Pheidole floridana, Pheidole sp., Pheidole dentata, Pheidole obscurithorax, Pheidole navigans, Solenopsis pergandei,
Solenopsis carolinensis, Nylanderia bourbonica, Odontomachus brunneus, Aphaenogaster carolinensis
Location: Orlando, FL
Date: May 20, 2017
Time: 5:30-6:00am
Temperature: 73F
Humidity: 90%
Wind: 0-3mph
Rain: 12 hours prior

 

You have P. obscurithorax in Orlando?


#729 Offline 123LordOfAnts123 - Posted May 23 2017 - 7:52 PM

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Species: Pheidole floridana, Pheidole sp., Pheidole dentata, Pheidole obscurithorax, Pheidole navigans, Solenopsis pergandei,
Solenopsis carolinensis, Nylanderia bourbonica, Odontomachus brunneus, Aphaenogaster carolinensis
Location: Orlando, FL
Date: May 20, 2017
Time: 5:30-6:00am
Temperature: 73F
Humidity: 90%
Wind: 0-3mph
Rain: 12 hours prior

 
You have P. obscurithorax in Orlando?

Sure enough.

There exists few formal records of them this far south but the last extensive study detailing their range was done more than a decade ago.

#730 Offline Dethundrel - Posted May 25 2017 - 11:07 AM

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Species: Tetramorium
Location: Grand Junction, Colorado
Residential neighborhood on the sidewalks.
Date: May 25th
Time: 6:30AM-7:30AM
Temp: 65ish
Sunny, no rain or wind. No idea on humidity.

Had a huge flight this morning. Could have caught hundreds but only picked up about 10.

#731 Offline Cameron C. Thomas - Posted May 25 2017 - 2:22 PM

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Species: Pheidole floridana, Pheidole sp., Pheidole dentata, Pheidole obscurithorax, Pheidole navigans, Solenopsis pergandei,
Solenopsis carolinensis, Nylanderia bourbonica, Odontomachus brunneus, Aphaenogaster carolinensis
Location: Orlando, FL
Date: May 20, 2017
Time: 5:30-6:00am
Temperature: 73F
Humidity: 90%
Wind: 0-3mph
Rain: 12 hours prior

 
You have P. obscurithorax in Orlando?

Sure enough.

There exists few formal records of them this far south but the last extensive study detailing their range was done more than a decade ago.

 

 

Florida is a hotbed for invasion, and this is true for all types of organisms. If one were to publish a book similar to Ellison et al.'s A Field Guide to the Ants of New England, not only would it be several times bigger, it would need to be updated every few years.


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#732 Offline Cameron C. Thomas - Posted May 25 2017 - 3:04 PM

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Species: Camponotus [2 species; 1 black, 1 bicolored]
Location: Vancouver, Washington, USA [Salmon Creek/North Vancouver]
Date: 23 May 2017
Time: 9:30 PM
Temperature: 65 °F (High 85 °F, likely around 75 °F when the flight began)
Humidity: N/A
Wind: Some wind, but not much
Rain: Rain 6 days prior; heat wave 21st - 23rd
 
Collection Notes: For this and future observations, I'll likely only ID to genus until I can key the species [at which point I'll edit the post]--unless it's from a monotypic genus in this area or the species is distinct. That said, the black queen is likely C. modoc, which is the most common black Camponotus in my sampling of that area, and the queen was the appropriate size. There are several bicolored Camponotus species in Washington, but this one most closely resembled C. herculeanus queens I've collected in the past. I have not previously sampled C. herculeanus in that area.
 
Additional Notes: I was in the Sacramento/Davis, CA area yesterday (24 May) and encountered a small flight of some black formicine ants, likely Formica, but I'm not familiar with ants in the area. It was too dark to get a photo, and I couldn't collect them. I know many members are from California, so just a heads up on activity.   

#733 Offline dspdrew - Posted May 25 2017 - 4:42 PM

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Species: Pogonomyrmex Californicus, Solenopsis Xyloni

Location: Pensacola, Florida

Date: May 20, 2017

Time: 3-6pm Pogonomyrmex - 8pm Solenopsis

Temperature: 95 F Pogonomyrmex - 85 F Solenopsis

Humidity: 25% Pogonomyrmex - 40% Solenopsis

Wind: 3-6 mph

Rain: Several weeks since rain

 

 

Pensacola, Florida?


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#734 Offline nurbs - Posted May 25 2017 - 6:25 PM

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Species: Pogonomyrmex Californicus, Solenopsis Xyloni
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Date: May 20, 2017
Time: 3-6pm Pogonomyrmex - 8pm Solenopsis
Temperature: 95 F Pogonomyrmex - 85 F Solenopsis
Humidity: 25% Pogonomyrmex - 40% Solenopsis
Wind: 3-6 mph
Rain: Several weeks since rain

 
Pensacola, Florida?

Pogonomyrmex pensacocacola?
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Unidentified Myrmecocystus

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#735 Offline Jelly - Posted May 25 2017 - 8:39 PM

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Species: Pogonomyrmex Californicus, Solenopsis Xyloni
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Date: May 20, 2017
Time: 3-6pm Pogonomyrmex - 8pm Solenopsis
Temperature: 95 F Pogonomyrmex - 85 F Solenopsis
Humidity: 25% Pogonomyrmex - 40% Solenopsis
Wind: 3-6 mph
Rain: Several weeks since rain

 
Pensacola, Florida?

Pogonomyrmex pensacocacola?

 

 

Sorry i copied someone elses and didn't notice the location was wrong until now. Its fixed


#736 Offline PTAntFan - Posted May 25 2017 - 11:08 PM

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Florida has been going crazy for weeks it seems like.


PTAntFan----------------------------------Pogonomyrmex Californicus*****************************<p>I use the $3 Tower I made up. See it here.

#737 Offline 123LordOfAnts123 - Posted May 26 2017 - 12:33 PM

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Species: Pogonomyrmex badius, Forelius pruinosus, Crematogaster pinicola
Location: Orlando, Florida
Date: May 25, 2017
Time: F. pruinosus 6am-8am, P. badius 11:00am-2:00pm, C. pinocola 9pm-11pm
Temperature: 72-85F
Humidity: 70%-40%
Wind: 3-6 mph
Rain: an inch the day before

#738 Offline 123LordOfAnts123 - Posted May 26 2017 - 12:45 PM

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Species: Trachymyrmex septentrionalis
Location: Orlando, Florida
Date: May 26, 2017
Time: 12pm-5pm
Temperature: 80-89F
Humidity: 31%
Wind: 3-6 mph
Rain: two days prior

#739 Offline Aaron567 - Posted May 26 2017 - 1:00 PM

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Species: Pogonomyrmex badius, Forelius pruinosus, Crematogaster pinicola
Location: Orlando, Florida
Date: May 25, 2017
Time: F. pruinosus 6am-8am, P. badius 11:00am-2:00pm, C. pinocola 9pm-11pm
Temperature: 72-85F
Humidity: 70%-40%
Wind: 3-6 mph
Rain: an inch the day before

 

 

Where do you always find all these queens at? These species are in my area but I can never find queens without using a blacklight or by looking in the pool. Anytime I flip stones and logs I find nothing.


#740 Offline Bracchymyrmex - Posted May 26 2017 - 1:06 PM

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Species: Trachymyrmex septentrionalis
Location: Orlando, Florida
Date: May 26, 2017
Time: 12pm-5pm
Temperature: 80-89F
Humidity: 31%
Wind: 3-6 mph
Rain: two days prior

I am so jealous, this is one of my dream species.


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