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Hunting for honeypots in southern Nevada

Started By cooIboyJ , Jul 25 2024 10:46 AM
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#1 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted July 25 2024 - 10:46 AM

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I want to know where to go in southern Nevada to find honey pot ants. I am able to go to Mount Charleston and anywhere near Western henderson if you give me specific places but you can also give me terrain information (like telling me that a desert area would be best).

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#2 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted July 25 2024 - 11:18 AM

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Honeypots are desert species so you would need to got to a desert or rural place.


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#3 Offline bmb1bee - Posted July 25 2024 - 11:25 AM

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I want to know where to go in southern Nevada to find honey pot ants. I am able to go to Mount Charleston and anywhere near Western henderson if you give me specific places but you can also give me terrain information (like telling me that a desert area would be best).

You should just check iNaturalist for species in your area. It's fairly easy to use.


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#4 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted July 25 2024 - 11:44 AM

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Honeypots are desert species so you would need to got to a desert or rural place.

what is a rural place?

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#5 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted July 25 2024 - 11:53 AM

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Its like an open area but it should be desert like.


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Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti

1 M.ergatognya

 

 

 

 

Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots

  

 

 

#6 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted July 25 2024 - 11:58 AM

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I know of a small park that has a rural area nearby, would the honeypots fly closer to the park or more out in the desert (the park is mostly just a small field)
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#7 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted July 25 2024 - 12:45 PM

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 probably More out desert.


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Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti

1 M.ergatognya

 

 

 

 

Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots

  

 

 

#8 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted July 25 2024 - 1:13 PM

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What are the best months for finding honeypots?

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#9 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 25 2024 - 1:26 PM

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You will find answers to all these questions by using the search feature and looking through the archives.
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#10 Offline mbullock42086 - Posted July 27 2024 - 1:03 AM

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don't need desert for honeypots unless looking for mexicanus/navajo.  

try this:  go to inaturalist, then type in 'myrmecocystus' and then click 'about'

  then click on the photos, then you'll see the location section- type your county or city or wherever you intend to go and you will see what's been added.

 that way you can look for whatever is in the area if its been observed.


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