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[rcbuggy88]

Species: Tetramorium immigrans

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Date: 5-26-2020

Time: ~8:00 AM

Temperature: ~75° F at time of collection, ~90 degree weather the day before and same day

Rain: None recently

 

Species: Nylanderia vividula

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Date: 5-26-2020

Time: 6:30 PM

Temperature: ~75° F at time of collection, ~90° F weather the day before and same day

Rain: None recently

[Froggy]

Species: Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Location: Cave Creek, AZ

Date: 5-29-2020

Time: 9:00-9:30 PM

Temperature: 90 F

Rain: No rain, but air felt very humid

[ArmyAntz]

Solenopsis invicta

 

Location: Oklahoma City, OK

Date: May 29th, 2020

Time: Flight time between 2:00 - 3:30 PM 

Temperature: 80 F / 27 C

Rain: Light rain the previous day

 

Additional info: Very sunny, Overcast the previous day, Max 71 F / 21 C the previous day

[cocdeshijie]

Solenopsis molesta

Location: LA county, CA (backyard)
Date: June 02, 2020
Time: 8:30PM
Temperature: 77f

[NickAnter]

Solenopsis molesta, B. patagonicus males.
Huntington Beach Suburbs
8-9:30 pm
73f
1-2mph wind.
7-1-20

Edited by NickAnter, June 3 2020 - 6:29 AM.

[ANTdrew]

Camponotus castaneus: two queens, dozens of males

Alexandria, VA, just outside D.C.

6-9-2020 at 9:30pm

85deg.

Wind: 5mph S/SW

Rain: 2 inches the weekend prior

High humidity

 

Nuptial flight drawn to a 25W black-light bulb screwed into a porch light

[Somethinghmm]

Species: Pheidole sp., Solenopsis molesta, Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Location: Southern california, caught by a light.

Date: 6-9-2020

Time: 9:00 PM

Temperature: 82 at sunset

Rain: none

[SleepyAsianAnter]

Species: Pogonomyrmex Subnitidus

Location: SoCal, caught around sunset, probably had a large flight earlier in the day

Date: 6/11/20

TIme: 6 pm-7 pm

Temperature: around 80

Rain: None

[skocko76]

Species: Tetramorium semilaeve
Flight...found multiple queens and even more drones. In some streets only drones were found.
Location: Split, Croatia
Date: 6/13/20
Time: 8pm-9pm
Humidity: 65%
Temperature: (24 C) 75 F
Rain: T-storm 2 days prior

Edited by skocko76, June 14 2020 - 12:03 PM.

[Somethinghmm]

Species: Veromessor andrei, Pogonomyrmex californicus

Location: Southern California

Date: 6-10-2020

Time: Caught at 6-7 PM, not sure what time of day they flew

Temperature: High of 95

Rain: none

[RushmoreAnts]

‘Tetramorium caespitum’ in ‘North America’ needs to be changed to ‘Tetramorium immigrans’.

[VoidElecent]

Species: Myrmica punctiventris
Location: Ambler, Pennsylvania
Date: 6/30/2020
Time: 12:30 PM
Humidity: 77%
Temperature: 79° F

Atmospheric Pressure: 1013 mb

Wind: 5 mph
Rain: Brief heavy rain last night

 

Single winged queen

[CatsnAnts]

I don’t know why I’ve never used this thread before, but here:

Pheidole tysoni
Location: Jasper, Indiana
Date: 6/29/2020
Time: 6:00 A.M. (right as the sun was rising)
Humidity: 96-98%
Temperature: 71 degrees Fahrenheit
Wind: 0-1 mph
Rain: Two days prior, 1 inch
Method: Using a blacklight
Found: 2 winged alates

Side Notes: I think I missed the first part of their nuptial flight, so it probably started around 5:40-ish.

Edited by CatsnAnts, July 3 2020 - 2:51 PM.

[CatsnAnts]

Temnothorax ambiguus
Location: Jasper, Indiana
Date: 6/28/2020
Time: 9:45 P.M. - 11:00 P.M.
Humidity: 70%
Temperature: 75 degrees Fahrenheit
Wind: 0-1 mph
Rain: Two days prior, 1 inch
Method: Using a blacklight
Found: 8 winged alates

Side Notes: These queens never went directly to the blacklight, but tended to hand around the outer edges of the white sheet I was using (unlike T. curvispinosus).

[AnthonyP163]

Species: Lasius speculiventris
Location: Waukesha, Wisconsin
Date: 7/2/20
Time: 6:30PM 
Humidity: 43%
Temperature: 81F

Wind: 6 mph

Rain: ~2d ago

[CatsnAnts]

Pheidole pilifera
Location: Jasper, Indiana
Date: 7/3/2020
Time: 11:25 P.M.
Humidity: 75%
Temperature: 75 degrees Fahrenheit
Wind: 0-1 mph
Rain: Three days prior, .4 inch
Method: Using a blacklight
Found: 1 winged alate

Side Notes: I have a feeling they’re nuptial flights have just began, I’ll probably find more tonight.

Edited by CatsnAnts, July 4 2020 - 11:29 AM.

[CatsnAnts]

Crematogaster sp.
Location: Jasper, Indiana
Date: 7/3/2020
Time: 11:25 P.M.
Humidity: 75%
Temperature: 75 degrees Fahrenheit
Wind: 0-1 mph
Rain: Three days prior, .4 inch
Method: Attracted to a porch light
Found: 1 winged alate

Side Notes: I‘ll update this with an ID when I figure it out.

[RushmoreAnts]

 

Species: Lasius speculiventris
Location: Waukesha, Wisconsin
Date: 7/2/20
Time: 6:30PM 
Humidity: 43%
Temperature: 81F

Wind: 6 mph

Rain: ~2d ago

 

How could you tell it's speculiventris? I thought they were nearly impossible to tell from aphidicola. 

[AnthonyP163]

 

 

Species: Lasius speculiventris
Location: Waukesha, Wisconsin
Date: 7/2/20
Time: 6:30PM 
Humidity: 43%
Temperature: 81F

Wind: 6 mph

Rain: ~2d ago

 

How could you tell it's speculiventris? I thought they were nearly impossible to tell from aphidicola. 

 

I did too. A keeper in Maine found 18 queens, and I went out and found four. I was mistaken that speculiventris queens fly at the same time as aphidicola. These speculiventris are slightly smaller and always have lighter colors, and have actual flights in June/July from what I can see. 

[NickAnter]

Species: PM(Solenopsis molesta, Monomorium sp, Nylanderia vividula, Brachymyrmex patagonicus)AM(Tetramroium bicarinatum , Pheidole navigans.)

Location: Suburban HB.

Date: July 4th evening, and July 5th morning.

Time: 7-9pm, and presumably sometime in the early morning.

Humidity: Unknown, but probably fairly high

Temp: Around 70f

Wind: None

Rain: Last week