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#921 Offline matt123 - Posted September 21 2017 - 10:12 AM

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Do you still update this?



#922 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted September 22 2017 - 9:44 AM

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Yes.


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#923 Offline matt123 - Posted September 22 2017 - 11:57 AM

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Cool. Can I add or does the owner have to add?

Got two crematogastor cerasi in september.

two componotus pennsylvanicus in May

two Tetramorium sp E in June



#924 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted September 22 2017 - 4:39 PM

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They don't update the main post. You are just supposed to say when you see a flight in the comments, just like what you just did.


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Technomyrmex Difficilis
Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
Cowrie snail
Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
Tree seedlings
Ghost Crab
Day Gecko
Small Fat Centipede
Endemic Lacewing larva
Vernal Pool shrimps

#925 Offline Flame.Hyped - Posted September 25 2017 - 4:12 PM

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Species: Camponotus pennsylvannicus
Location: Long Island, New York
Date: September 23rd 2017
Time: around midnight - 11:45 pm
Temperature: 70-75 f
Humidity: not very
Wind: not windy
Rain: no rain that day, however there was heavy rain 3 days before.

#926 Offline Flame.Hyped - Posted September 25 2017 - 4:18 PM

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low for humidity *

#927 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted September 26 2017 - 11:04 AM

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Species: Lasius claviger

Location: Farmington, Connecticut
Date: September 26th 2017
Time: 8:00 pm
Temperature: 76 degrees f
Humidity: 80%
Wind: 2mph
Rain: No rain

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Cardiocondyla Emeryi
Tetramorium Bicarinatum
Plagiolepis Alluaudi
Anoplolepis Gracilipes
Technomyrmex Difficilis
Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
Cowrie snail
Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
Tree seedlings
Ghost Crab
Day Gecko
Small Fat Centipede
Endemic Lacewing larva
Vernal Pool shrimps

#928 Offline skocko76 - Posted September 27 2017 - 2:45 AM

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Species: Messor capitatus

Location: Split, Croatia, all around town
Date: 26th, 27th-SEP-2017
Time:  21:00
Temperature: 25º C

Rain: 1 day before

 

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Species: Crematogaster scutellaris

Location: Split, Croatia, all around town, pavement, store windows
Date: 26th, 27th-SEP-2017
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Temperature: 25º C

Rain: 1 day before

 

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#929 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted September 28 2017 - 9:36 AM

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Seven massive ant flights yesterday, all of different species!

Lasius umbratus (several dealates and dead males) , Lasius claviger, Lasius murphyi, Lasius neoniger (I only saw males), Brachymyrmex depilis, Solenopsis molesta, and, Camponotus pennsylvanicus... (THEY'VE BEEN GOING FOR SIX MONTHS >:-O ).

Location: Avon, Connecticut

Date: September 27th, 2017
Time: 6:25 pm
Temperature: 78 degrees fahrenheit

Rain: none


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Cardiocondyla Emeryi
Tetramorium Bicarinatum
Plagiolepis Alluaudi
Anoplolepis Gracilipes
Technomyrmex Difficilis
Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
Cowrie snail
Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
Tree seedlings
Ghost Crab
Day Gecko
Small Fat Centipede
Endemic Lacewing larva
Vernal Pool shrimps

#930 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted September 30 2017 - 4:45 AM

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I'm not sure if this flight occurred, but I've been seeing evidence (dead alates, wings, etc)
 

Aphaenogaster rudis

Location: Avon, Connecticut

Date: September 29th, 2017
Time: 9:00 am
Temperature: 64 degrees F

Rain: none


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Ochetellus Glaber
Solenopsis Geminata
Brachymyrmex Obscurior
Cardiocondyla Emeryi
Tetramorium Bicarinatum
Plagiolepis Alluaudi
Anoplolepis Gracilipes
Technomyrmex Difficilis
Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
Cowrie snail
Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
Tree seedlings
Ghost Crab
Day Gecko
Small Fat Centipede
Endemic Lacewing larva
Vernal Pool shrimps

#931 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted September 30 2017 - 5:57 AM

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Edited by Connectimyrmex, September 30 2017 - 5:57 AM.

Hawaiiant (Ben)

Keeper of
Miniature Labradoodle
Baby Wolf Spider
Mud Dauber wasp larvae
Ochetellus Glaber
Solenopsis Geminata
Brachymyrmex Obscurior
Cardiocondyla Emeryi
Tetramorium Bicarinatum
Plagiolepis Alluaudi
Anoplolepis Gracilipes
Technomyrmex Difficilis
Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
Cowrie snail
Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
Tree seedlings
Ghost Crab
Day Gecko
Small Fat Centipede
Endemic Lacewing larva
Vernal Pool shrimps

#932 Offline Aaron567 - Posted October 4 2017 - 3:44 PM

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Species: Crematogaster ashmeadi 
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Date: October 4, 2017
Time: 5:00 PM
Temperature: 84F
Humidity: 50%

Wind: none
Rain: 2 days ago

 

I've never found Crematogaster this late in the year, so this is weird. I always find them in June/early July. 



#933 Offline Bracchymyrmex - Posted October 4 2017 - 4:01 PM

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Species: Crematogaster ashmeadi 
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Date: October 4, 2017
Time: 5:00 PM
Temperature: 84F
Humidity: 50%

Wind: none
Rain: 2 days ago

 

I've never found Crematogaster this late in the year, so this is weird. I always find them in June/early July. 

 

 

Was it a flight or just the one queen?



#934 Offline Aaron567 - Posted October 4 2017 - 4:07 PM

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Was it a flight or just the one queen?

 

Just one. So I guess she could be infertile.



#935 Offline skocko76 - Posted October 5 2017 - 12:00 PM

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Species: Crematogaster scutellaris

Location: Split, Croatia, all around town, - mostly males
Date: 4th-OCT-2017
Time: 20:00
Temperature: 21º C

Rain: 4 days before and forecasted for 2 days after



#936 Offline Aaron567 - Posted October 7 2017 - 12:14 PM

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Species: Trachymyrmex septentrionalis

Location: Pensacola, Florida
Date: October 7, 2017
Time: 3:00 PM
Temperature: 83F
Humidity: 81%

Wind: 16mph
Rain: 4 days ago

 

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#937 Offline Aaron567 - Posted October 9 2017 - 11:22 AM

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Species: Crematogaster ashmeadi, Solenopsis invicta
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Date: October 9, 2017
Time: 12:00 PM
Temperature: 87F
Humidity: 71%

Wind: 11mph
Rain: A few hours before



#938 Offline Aaron567 - Posted October 12 2017 - 2:28 PM

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I'm surprised I caught one of these.

 

Species: Pseudomyrmex seminole
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Date: October 12, 2017
Time: 5:00 PM
Temperature: 88F
Humidity: 58%

Wind: 6mph
Rain: 3 days before

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#939 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted October 12 2017 - 5:25 PM

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Awesome!


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Keeper of
Miniature Labradoodle
Baby Wolf Spider
Mud Dauber wasp larvae
Ochetellus Glaber
Solenopsis Geminata
Brachymyrmex Obscurior
Cardiocondyla Emeryi
Tetramorium Bicarinatum
Plagiolepis Alluaudi
Anoplolepis Gracilipes
Technomyrmex Difficilis
Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
Cowrie snail
Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
Tree seedlings
Ghost Crab
Day Gecko
Small Fat Centipede
Endemic Lacewing larva
Vernal Pool shrimps

#940 Offline VoidElecent - Posted October 22 2017 - 5:55 AM

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Species: Lasius claviger

Location: Princeton, New Jersey
Date: October 21, 2017
Time: 7:30-8:00 PM
Temperature: 57° F
Humidity: 31%

Wind: 

Rain: 







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