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[That_one_ant_guy]

Here is where you can post a bunch of different/good anting spots in California, I really don't know much but I thought it would be good for newcomers, that are starting to get into the anting hobby.

[Dumpling]

I heard Chaney trail is a good spot to catch C. clarithorax queens, and a few people found some C. yogi towards september and october.

[Somethinghmm]

Here's a good resource to find ants in an area or the location of a specific species.

https://www.inaturalist.org/

[bmb1bee]

You can find a few species in Mission Peak Trail, which is in the SF Bay Area. Although I haven't really been there myself, one of my friends has found Veromessor andrei and Camponotus cf. vicinus (an orange/black species in the tanaemyrmex group) around there. However, you can probably expect to find other species if those can be found there. I have been to Sycamore Grove Park in Livermore and found Dorymyrmex insanus and Pheidole cf. californica. There were also Linepithema humile EVERYWHERE. There are also iNaturalist records of Solenopsis xyloni, Hypoponera opacior, Tetramorium immigrans, and Pogonomyrmex sp. in the area. If all else fails, just set up a black light in your backyard on a night after a hot 90+ degree day. I've found Hypoponera in front of my own garage. I had no idea they even existed in my neighborhood.