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Florida lasius flights

Started By JustabirdfromFlorida , Oct 15 2023 5:37 AM

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#1 Offline JustabirdfromFlorida - Posted October 15 2023 - 5:37 AM

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I really want a lasius colony and all I have found is one dead queen two years ago and a queen I raised to a few workers a year after that. But then I moved to Jacksonville and have not found a single queen since.

If anyone sees lasius nuptial flights in Florida let me know.






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#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted October 15 2023 - 8:00 AM

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Lasius are pretty much nonexistent in florida. You are lucky to have even found them before.
My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#3 Offline JustabirdfromFlorida - Posted October 15 2023 - 8:19 AM

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I know but I really want a lasius colony

#4 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted October 15 2023 - 8:50 AM

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Your best shot is hunting on the panhandle. They are more common there.

#5 Offline JustabirdfromFlorida - Posted October 15 2023 - 10:05 AM

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Okay thanks

#6 Offline JustabirdfromFlorida - Posted November 15 2023 - 6:20 AM

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Okay so I have found that there is a Lasius Neoniger population in Gainsville I am going there soon. Are there any tips on when they fly and numbers in which they fly and Where should I look for queen. Should I flip rocks to find a queen that already flew?


#7 Offline ZATrippit - Posted November 16 2023 - 1:44 PM

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Their flights are typically in September, not sure if you'll have much luck.

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#8 Offline JustabirdfromFlorida - Posted November 16 2023 - 2:33 PM

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Down in Florida they fly around Thanksgiving according to what I heard

#9 Offline JustabirdfromFlorida - Posted November 21 2023 - 1:28 PM

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Someone please tell me what to do I am going this Thursday and it is going to rain Wednesday

#10 Offline The_Gaming-gate - Posted March 28 2024 - 11:47 AM

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Their flights are typically in September, not sure if you'll have much luck.



Necromancing this page for a sec. Lasius doesn’t only fly in September down in Florida. Florida’s spring pretty much starts in January, meaning by April you can find Lasius such as L. neoniger. I actually see less Lasius queens around September. I have no clue why they are called Labour Day Ants, they should be called Easter Ants, or Independence Ants.
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#11 Offline Flu1d - Posted March 28 2024 - 2:36 PM

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In my part of Florida, Lasius aphidicola fly in May, a little in June and very little in July (from Aaron's chart he made of ants he has caught here). Again, Lasius are definitely rare here but you CAN find them.

#12 Offline The_Gaming-gate - Posted March 28 2024 - 3:37 PM

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In my part of Florida, Lasius aphidicola fly in May, a little in June and very little in July (from Aaron's chart he made of ants he has caught here). Again, Lasius are definitely rare here but you CAN find them.

 

Last year I walked outside in my neighborhood and found like 25 Lasius queens just walking around, ha-ha. That was before I had equipment to catch them, however.


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