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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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#961 Offline Aaron567 - Posted November 24 2017 - 1:37 PM

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Species: Brachymyrmex obscurior
Location: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
Date: November 23, 2017
Time: 4:00 PM
Temperature: 77°F
Wind: 10 mph
Rain: It was raining while I found her

Species: Pheidole floridana
Location: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
Date: November 24, 2017
Time: 3:00 PM
Temperature: 73°F
Wind: 11 mph
Rain: Day before
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#962 Offline Aaron567 - Posted December 18 2017 - 11:25 AM

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Species: Crematogaster ashmeadi, Solenopsis invicta, Hypoponera sp.
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Date: December 18, 2017
Time: 12:00 PM
Temperature: 74°F
Wind: 6 mph
Rain: Last night

 

The invicta next to the tiny Ponera  :)

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Edited by Aaron567, December 20 2017 - 12:22 PM.

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#963 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted December 19 2017 - 4:35 AM

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Species: Crematogaster ashmeadi, Solenopsis invicta, Ponera sp.
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Date: December 18, 2017
Time: 12:00 PM
Temperature: 74°F
Wind: 6 mph
Rain: Last night

 

The invicta next to the tiny Ponera  :)

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Cool! You sure she isn't Hypoponera or something similar? The head shape looks different


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#964 Offline Aaron567 - Posted December 20 2017 - 12:22 PM

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Cool! You sure she isn't Hypoponera or something similar? The head shape looks different

 

 

I've realized she actually is Hypoponera. Changed it


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#965 Offline Spamdy - Posted December 21 2017 - 6:42 PM

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Species: Tetramorium bicarinatum
Location: Katy, Texas
Date: December 12, 2017
Time: 3:15 PM
Temperature: 60°F
Wind: 2 mph
Rain: The night before

 

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All my colonies are dead. 

 

 Except:

  

  Pogonomyrmex barbatus

  Pheidole obscurithorax

  Pheidole morens

#966 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted December 22 2017 - 4:35 AM

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Species: Tetramorium bicarinatum
Location: Katy, Texas
Date: December 12, 2017
Time: 3:15 PM
Temperature: 60°F
Wind: 2 mph
Rain: The night before

 

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I love that species, I kept it in Hawaii before.

Now I have solid proof that the ant was T. bicarinatum. Someone once asked if she was some sort of Hawaiian Myrmica.

Yours are semi claustral, right?


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#967 Offline Spamdy - Posted December 22 2017 - 5:52 AM

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Species: Tetramorium bicarinatum
Location: Katy, Texas
Date: December 12, 2017
Time: 3:15 PM
Temperature: 60°F
Wind: 2 mph
Rain: The night before

 

fjFhJ5T.jpg

I love that species, I kept it in Hawaii before.

Now I have solid proof that the ant was T. bicarinatum. Someone once asked if she was some sort of Hawaiian Myrmica.

Yours are semi claustral, right?

 

Yep.


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All my colonies are dead. 

 

 Except:

  

  Pogonomyrmex barbatus

  Pheidole obscurithorax

  Pheidole morens

#968 Offline Aaron567 - Posted December 22 2017 - 11:27 AM

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Christmas Eve Eve Eve Crematogaster flights.

 

Species: Crematogaster ashmeadi
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Date: December 22, 2017
Time: 4:00 PM
Temperature: 76°F

Humidity: 78%
Wind: 12 mph
Rain: 3 days ago

 

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#969 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted December 22 2017 - 6:07 PM

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If only I lived in Florida....


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Aholehole fish
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Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
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Ghost Crab
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Small Fat Centipede
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#970 Offline ThePygmyMammoth - Posted January 4 2018 - 12:10 PM

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Species: Solenopsis invicta

Location: Palm Springs, California
Date: December 28, 2017
Time: 6:00pm
Temperature: 64°F

Humidity: 27%
Wind: 7 mph

Rain: None recently

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#971 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted January 4 2018 - 12:13 PM

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Looks like S. invicta, but Solenopsis has never been my IDing strong suit.


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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

#972 Offline ThePygmyMammoth - Posted January 4 2018 - 12:19 PM

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I'm happy to change it if you're pretty sure that's the species, I just didn't want to be too specific for fear of providing incorrect info.


#973 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted January 4 2018 - 12:23 PM

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It's fine, but I posted that to help you find care info on the species, etc. (you'd probably not even need it for S. invicta, they're born survivors)


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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

#974 Offline ThePygmyMammoth - Posted January 4 2018 - 12:27 PM

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I appreciate it! I'll make sure to do plenty of research on the species as well.


#975 Offline nurbs - Posted January 4 2018 - 1:13 PM

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Sold the last Crem this week. Realized a lot of people love this species. The ones here in the California deserts are very easy to rear. There are so many of them hanging out in desert gas stations after a Summer rain that I usually don't even bother.

 

Last season I collected just three (all while filling up at a Chevron gas station, no less!) 

 

Going to grab a lot more this season!


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#976 Offline dspdrew - Posted January 15 2018 - 12:36 AM

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Species: Myrmecocystus tenuinodis
Location: Desert Hot Springs, California
Date: 1-14-2018
Time: 12:00 PM

Temperature: 81 F
Humidity:
Wind: None
Rain: Recent heavy rain

 

Species: Myrmecocystus testaceus
Location: Aguanga, California
Date: 1-14-2018
Time:

Temperature:
Humidity:
Wind:
Rain: Recent heavy rain

 

Can't believe these things are flying the second week of January! Some of the Myrmecocystus tenuinodis were in the process of digging their nests when I found them.


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#977 Offline Aaron567 - Posted January 20 2018 - 3:02 PM

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Species: Solenopsis invicta
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Date: January 20, 2018
Time: 3:00 PM

Temperature: 63 F
Humidity: 45%
Wind: 7mph
Rain: 2 Days ago


#978 Offline nurbs - Posted January 29 2018 - 1:52 PM

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Species: Camponotus yogi

Location: Chaney trail, Altadena CA

Date: 1-28-2018

Time: 7:30pm

Temperature: 65 F

Humidity: 18%

Rain: Rain a few weeks before

 

Found crawling on an Oak tree.

 

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#979 Offline dspdrew - Posted January 30 2018 - 5:23 AM

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Species: Brachymyrmex sp.
Location: Santa Ana, California
Date: 1-29-2018
Time: 6:00 PM

Temperature: 83 F
Humidity: 30%
Wind: Light wind
Rain: None


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#980 Offline Aaron567 - Posted January 30 2018 - 5:59 PM

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Species: Crematogaster ashmeadi
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Date: 1-27-2018
Time: 4:00 PM

Temperature: 70F
Humidity: 95%
Wind: None
Rain: The entire day


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