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[Penguin]

Species: Tetramorium cf. immigrans 

Date: 06-28-18

Time: ~10:40 am-5:30 pm (I don't know the flight time so that's the range within which I saw roaming queens)

Temp: ~28 Celsius 

Humidity: 56%

Wind: No breeze

Rain: Intermittent heavy-light showers since Saturday

 

Only caught one, not the most interesting species.

Quite a large flight, proved by how big the time frame I could find them was.

 

Edit: Pg. 60 wow

Edited by Penguin, June 28 2018 - 1:28 PM.

[tetriminoss]

Species: Tetramorium cf. immigrans 

Date: 06-28-18

Time: ~10:40 am-5:30 pm (I don't know the flight time so that's the range within which I saw roaming queens)

Temp: ~28 Celsius 

Humidity: 56%

Wind: No breeze

Rain: Intermittent heavy-light showers since Saturday

 

Only caught one, not the most interesting species.

Quite a large flight, proved by how big the time frame I could find them was.

 

Edit: Pg. 60 wow

 

Do you have the specific location? 

Pin it to the gmaps if possible. thanks

[Penguin]

The area around the Victoria park-Huntingwood/Old Shepard intersection. I just went out for a walk and saw 2 more so you still have a chance. 

[AnthonyP163]

Species: Lasius interjectus

Location: Oneida, WI

Date: 06-28-18

Time: ~6:30PM

Temp: 86F

Humidity: 50%

Wind: 3 mph

Rain: 2 days before

 

Males and queens swarming in the air, and there are also reports of these flights in Michigan and Massachusetts.

Edited by AnthonyP163, June 28 2018 - 3:33 PM.

[Waganga]

Finally got to witness some action up close!   Witnessed alates escaping the nest and taking off (or struggling to take off, lol). Collected a fertile queen a few days ago in a different area of town.

 

Species: Formica Argentea

Location: Urban area, Northglenn, Colorado, USA (Denver Metro Area)

Elevation: ~5700ft

Date: 06/29/2018

Time: 11:45am

Temp: 84F (high of 96F predicted)

Humidity: 14%

Wind: 10 mph

Rain: 5-7 days before, minor rainshowers (Note this is an urban area, nearby sprinkler systems go off regularly.)

 

It's been usually hot early in the year, so I think it is triggering this species to a fly a bit earlier than "normal", since the scientific literature on AntWiki says flight should be expected in late July.

[MegaMyrmex]

Species- Temnothorax curvispinosus

Location- Ellicott City, Maryland, right infront of a forest/wetland

Elevation-?

Date-06/28/18

Time- 11:55 PM

Temp- 80-57F

Humididty- ?

Wind- very little, almost none

Rain- consistent, constant heavy downpours for the past few days peppered with some sunny humid days

 

Caught 6 queens that flew to my porch light, along with some unidentified male ants, along with some fireflies, tons of leafhoppers, gnats, masked chafers, ground beetles, orient beetles, and one grapevine beetle.

[MegaMyrmex]

Species- temnothorax curvispinosus, lasius alienus, lasius parasite sp. and colobopsis impressa
Location- Ellicott city, MD
Elevation- ?
Date- 06/29/18
Time- 10:59
Temp- 88-90F
Humidity- same as yesterday
Wind- none
Rain- consistent. heavy downpours rhe days before

[Aaron567]

Species: Brachymyrmex patagonicus, Dorymyrmex bureni, Pheidole floridana, Paratrechina longicornis (males), Technomyrmex difficilis (males)
Location: St. Pete Beach, Florida
Date: June 25, 2018
Time: 9:00 PM
Temperature: 78 F
Humidity: 88%
Wind: 2 mph
Rain: Hours before

 

Species: Hypoponera cf. opacior
Location: St. Pete Beach, Florida
Date: June 29, 2018
Time: 4:00 PM
Temperature: 83 F
Humidity: 79%
Wind: 3 mph
Rain: Hours before

[LC3]

Species: Leptothorax muscorum canadensis

Location: West Dyke Trail, Richmond, BC

Date: June 30, 2018

Time: 4:00-7:00 PM

Temperature: 18 - 19 C

Humidity: 74%

Wind: 11km/h

Rain: 6AM in the morning and day prior.

 

Found one male and 5 queens, caught 4 of them.

A single male of Myrmica incompleta was also found at around 4:30 PM.

Edited by LC3, July 13 2018 - 7:27 PM.

[Major]

Tetramorium flew in Rochester, NY June 30, 2018 and possibly some myrmica

[AnthonyP163]

Species: Tetramorium immigrans, Formica sp. 

Location: Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Date: June 4th, 2018

Time: 4-7AM

Temperature: 70 Fahrenheit

Humidity: ~75%

Wind: 1 mph

Rain: 2 days before

 

As I've noticed before, the flights happen between 3:30 am and 8:00 am - I find the best time to look if you want lots of queens is at 5:00 am. 

Edited by AnthonyP163, July 4 2018 - 10:14 AM.

[miksha]

What do the numbers in the chart represent?

[LC3]

What do the numbers in the chart represent?

 

Number of observations.

 

 

 

Species: Lasius americanus

Location: Richmond, BC

Date: June 4th, 2018

Time: 6:45 PM - 8:00 PM

Temperature: 68°F 

Humidity: 72%

Wind: 9km/h

Rain: few days before and light drizzle at around 9:00 PM

Notes: The L. americanus here seem to either fly on a clear sky directly after rain or before rain, or fly just before rain on very warm cloudy days. This time it seems to be the latter.

 

A single Tetramorium immigrans dealate was found, likely flew earlier during the day.

 

1:10 ratio of the smaller gynotype to larger gynotype in terms of numbers. 

 

Smaller gynotype vs larger gynotype.

Edited by LC3, July 4 2018 - 9:09 PM.

[Aaron567]

Species: Pheidole navigans, Cyphomyrmex rimosus, Solenopsis carolinensis, Solenopsis pergandei, Solenopsis tonsa

Location: Pensacola, Florida

Date: July 2, 2018

Time: 11:00 AM

Temperature: 80F

Humidity: 84%

Wind: 5 mph

Rain: Hours before

 

Species: Strumigenys cf. dietrichi

Location: Pensacola, Florida

Date: July 2, 2018

Time: 3:00 PM

Temperature: 85F

Humidity: 71%

Wind: 6 mph

Rain: 1 day before

 

Species: Odontomachus haematodus, Brachymyrmex depilis

Location: Pensacola, Florida

Date: July 3, 2018

Time: 9:00 PM

Temperature: 81F

Humidity: 80%

Wind: 5 mph

Rain: Hours before

 

Species: Pogonomyrmex badius

Location: Pensacola, Florida

Date: July 4, 2018

Time: 10:00 AM

Temperature: 87F

Humidity: 63%

Wind: 7 mph

Rain: 1 day before

Edited by Aaron567, September 7 2018 - 7:14 PM.

[dspdrew]

Species: Solenopsis molesta, S. xyloni, Temnothorax sp. [181], Nylanderia vividula, Lasius sp., Hypoponera sp..
Location: Trabuco Canyon, California
Date:  7-1-2018
Time: 9:00 PM

Temperature: 71 F
Humidity:
Wind: None
Rain: No recent rain

[nurbs]

Species: Pogonomyrmex californicus, Liometopum occidentale
Location: Sun Valley, California
Date:  7-5-2018
Time: 8:00 PM

Temperature: 85 F
Humidity: 23%
Wind: None
Rain: No recent rain

[CavernAnts]

Species: Brachymyrmex patagonicus 

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Date:  5-29-2018
Time: 8:50 PM - 9:45 PM

Temperature: 86 F
Humidity: 16%
Wind: 5 mph
Rain: None

[nurbs]

 

 

Species: P. subnitidus, S. xyloni, S. molesta, L. occidentale, Brachymyrmex sp.

Location: Azusa CA, San Gabriel Mountains a few miles before Crystal Lake Campgrounds

Date: 7/6/2017

Time: 8pm-9:30pm

Temperature: 95 F

Humidity:

Wind: 

Rain: No recent rains

 

 

 

[Antking123]

Species: Solenopsis molesta, Solenopsis xyloni, Linepithema Humile

Location: Bay Area, California

Date: 6/20/18-now

Time: 8:00-11PM

Temperature:60+ 

Humidity:

Rain: None

Wind: None

Caught Hundreds, witnessed thousands more

 

Species: Camponotus Herculeanus, Camponotus Modoc, Camponotus Pennslyvanicus, Lasius Sp., Formica Sp.

Location: Ontario, Sudbury, Toronto, CA

Date: 7/8/18-end of July

Time: 6AM-8PM

Temperature:90+

Humidity: 60%

Rain: Before/After

Wind:None

[AntsAreUs]

Species: Lasius americanus, Formica incerta

Location: Marion, Indiana

Date: 7/8/2018

Time: 5:00-6:00 PM

Temperature: 80-90F

Humidity: 51%

Rain: Very little 2 days ago

Wind: None

 

Alates of both species found flying.

Edited by AntsAreUs, July 8 2018 - 4:27 PM.