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[super_oil]

Species: Camponotus planatus

Location: Fruit cove, FL (my backyard)

Date: 6/11/17

Time: 5:00PM EST

Temperature: 80 F

Humidity: 80%

Wind: 3mph

Rain: Same day

[123LordOfAnts123]

Species: Camponotus planatus
Location: Fruit cove, FL (my backyard)
Date: 6/11/17
Time: 5:00PM EST
Temperature: 80 F
Humidity: 80%
Wind: 3mph
Rain: Same day

Any pictures?

They're so far known to extend up into Brevard County, but a sample from Jacksonville would certainly be their most northernly collection.

[VoidElecent]

Species: Camponotus pennsylvanicus (x3), Lasius interjectus (x2)

Location: Horsham, Pennsylvania (to blacklight)

Date: 6/11/17

Time: 10:00 pm EST

Temperature: 79° F

Humidity: 82%

Wind: None

Rain: None (although humid!)

Edited by VoidElecent, June 13 2017 - 6:03 AM.

[VoidElecent]

Species: Camponotus nearcticus (x1), Lasius interjectus (x5)

Location: Horsham, Pennsylvania (to blacklight)

Date: 6/12/17

Time: 10:45 pm EST

Temperature: 80° F

Humidity: 44%

Wind: None

Rain: None

Edited by VoidElecent, June 13 2017 - 6:03 AM.

[Nathant2131]

Species: Camponotus nearcticus (x1), Lasius interjectus (x5)
Location: Horsham, Pennsylvania
Date: 6/12/17
Time: 10:45 pm EST
Temperature: 80° F
Humidity: 44%
Wind: None
Rain: None

Looks like you finally got your Myrmentoma

[VoidElecent]

 

Species: Camponotus nearcticus (x1), Lasius interjectus (x5)
Location: Horsham, Pennsylvania
Date: 6/12/17
Time: 10:45 pm EST
Temperature: 80° F
Humidity: 44%
Wind: None
Rain: None

Looks like you finally got your Myrmentoma

 

 

Nope! I had her in my hand, in my hand, and she flew off. This probably means she wasn't mated but it is still very frustrating. Hopefully this wasn't their last flight!

Edited by VoidElecent, June 13 2017 - 5:56 AM.

[VoidElecent]

Species: Tetramorium caespitum (x31), Lasius interjectus (x1)
Location: Horsham, Pennsylvania (neighbor's pool)
Date: 6/13/17
Time: 9:00 am EST
Temperature: 79° F
Humidity: 61%
Wind: 5 mph
Rain: None

Edited by VoidElecent, June 13 2017 - 6:02 AM.

[super_oil]

Species: Solenopsis geminata

Location: Fruit cove, FL (my backyard pool)

Date: 6/12/17

Time: 11:00AM EST

Temperature: 80 F

Humidity: 80%

Wind: 3mph

Rain: Same day

 

[super_oil]

Species: Solenopsis geminata, Solenopsis pergandei, Camponotus planatus

Location: Fruit cove, FL (my backyard pool)

Date: 6/13/17

Time: 11:00AM EST

Temperature: 80 F

Humidity: 60%

Wind: 3mph

Rain: yestarday

[super_oil]

 

Species: Camponotus planatus
Location: Fruit cove, FL (my backyard)
Date: 6/11/17
Time: 5:00PM EST
Temperature: 80 F
Humidity: 80%
Wind: 3mph
Rain: Same day

Any pictures?

They're so far known to extend up into Brevard County, but a sample from Jacksonville would certainly be their most northernly collection.

 

Are you sure that's the latest info on them? These ants have been living in my backyard for years and that's the only place I've ever seen them. (I saw one worker at my school as well)

[Aaron567]

Species: Camponotus floridanus, Tetramorium bicarinatum

Location: Pensacola, Florida

Date: 6/13/17

Time: 9:00 PM

Temperature: 76F

Humidity: 89%

Wind: 3 mph

Rain: 3 hours before

Edited by Aaron567, June 13 2017 - 8:10 PM.

[xTNxANTMANx]

Tetramorium atratulum
Portland, ME
06-02-17
2:00 PM
70 F
~45% humidity
Rained last night

I'm going to try to find a pavement ant war to source some host workers from. The only Tetramorium colony I have on hand still has its queen, which means I doubt they would accept Anergates. She is sipping some sugar water right now, which is a good sign. I've been keeping an eye out for this species for years, and I just spotted her on the ground while talking to some friends.

Wow, these queens really are clumsy and frail. Wow, this queen is dying. She just got tangled up a single strand of cotton. I freed her and stacked a bunch of coconut fiber against the bung so that she would not become ensnared again.

I have lost 3 Camponotus nearcticus queens due to them getting entangled in the cotton fibers. Looks like I shall invest in some coconut fiber too.

[123LordOfAnts123]

Species: Camponotus planatus
Location: Fruit cove, FL (my backyard)
Date: 6/11/17
Time: 5:00PM EST
Temperature: 80 F
Humidity: 80%
Wind: 3mph
Rain: Same day

Any pictures?
They're so far known to extend up into Brevard County, but a sample from Jacksonville would certainly be their most northernly collection.

Are you sure that's the latest info on them? These ants have been living in my backyard for years and that's the only place I've ever seen them. (I saw one worker at my school as well)

Sure enough.

It's hardly surprising, though; most of the exotics in Florida can easily survive in much of the state. It simply takes time for species to spread or receive help from humans by transportation, and C. planatus is a prime candidate for the latter method due to their penchant for human structures.

The lack of people interested in sending in ants for identification and location recording certainly has something to do with the fact that numerous species - especially some exotics as they spread - may have large gaps in documented range.

[Batspiderfish]

Species: Camponotus pennsylvanicus, Camponotus novaeboracensis, Camponotus nearcticus
Location: Portland, ME
Date: 6/11/17
Time: 11:00 PM
Temperature: 80.1 F
Humidity: 45%
Wind: 7 mph
 

[White unicorn]

Species: Solenopsis xyloni
Location: Aguascalientes, México
Date: June 12, 2017
Time: 8:00 PM- 12:00 PM
Temperature: 80 F
Humidity:-
Wind:-
Rain: 2 days ago

[BMM]

Species: Temnothorax curvispinosus

Location: St. Louis, MO

Date: 6/14/17

Time: 10:30 pm.

Temperature: 71° F (92°F during the day)

Humidity: 74%

Wind: 9 mph

 

Rain: No rain but very humid for several days

[dspdrew]

Species: Liometopum occidentale, Solenopsis xyloni, S. amblychila, S. molesta, Crematogaster mutans, Temnothorax sp. [180], Nylanderia vividula. Pheidole sp.

Location: Trabuco Canyon, California

Date: 6-14-2017

Time: 9:00 PM

Temperature: 68 F

Humidity: 53%

Wind: light wind

Rain: No recent rain

 

Species: Solenopsis xyloni, S. amblychila, Nylanderia vividula.

Location: Trabuco Canyon, California

Date: 6-15-2017

Time: 9:00 PM

Temperature: 70 F

Humidity: 55%

Wind: light wind

Rain: No recent rain

 

Species: Brachymyrmex sp.

Location: Santa Ana, California

Date: 6-15-2017

Time: 10:00 PM

Temperature: 70 F

Humidity: 55%

Wind: light wind

Rain: No recent rain

[super_oil]

Species: Dorymyrmex bureni Crematogaster pinicola

Location: Fruit cove, FL (black light)

Date: 6/16/17

Time: 9:30 PM EST

Temperature: 77F

Humidity: 80%

Wind: 8MPH

Rain: same day

[dspdrew]

Species: Pogonomyrmex subnitidus

Location: Menifee, California

Date: 6-18-2017

Time: 6:00 PM

Temperature: 90 F

Humidity: 30%

Wind: light wind

Rain: No recent rain

 

Species: Pogonomyrmex subnitidus, Solenopsis xyloni.

Location: Morgan Trailhead, Lake Elsinore, California

Date: 6-18-2017

Time: 9:00 PM

Temperature: 70 F

Humidity: 50%

Wind: light wind

Rain: No recent rain

[kudofo]

I was going to try Palomar mountain. When do you think would be best?