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[YsTheAnt]

Next week should have good sized flights. Hoping for Veromessor andrei, Pheidole, Solenopsis, and Tetramorium.

[sirjordanncurtis]

I've found queens on cars, but none of them were fertile

[EthanNgo678]

Formica's flying

[sirjordanncurtis]

Formica's flying

 

Do you have a specific location?

[EthanNgo678]

Aphaenogaster occidentalis is flying 

[Antking123]

Aphaenogaster occidentalis is flying 

Those are the ones with workers that look like tetramorium, but are a bit larger right? And the queens are kind of smaller than tetramorium and their abdomens are orangey underneath. I can't remember if the ants I am thinking of were called Aphaenogaster occidentalis or not. 

[Derpy]

It seems to be too early for apheanogaster to be flying. Might just be tetramorium.

[NickAnter]

We might go to Monterey to see the aquarium later in summer. Do you think that I would find at least one T. immigrans queen while there for a couple days? Even in August?

[HappyGoLucky123]

Hi All! Any leads on finding a Leaf Cutter queen around the SF Bay Area? Or know of anyone we can visit who has one? Thanks!

[JenC]

Hi All! Any leads on finding a Leaf Cutter queen around the SF Bay Area? Or know of anyone we can visit who has one? Thanks!

There are no leaf cutter species around the Bay Area. But Drew has some down in Socal.

Edited by JenC, December 23 2019 - 6:06 PM.

[YsTheAnt]

Flights should be starting soon

[miksha]

Flights should be starting soon

Which species? I can't wait to find some ants this weather is so depressing

[YsTheAnt]

Prenolepis imparis can fly as early as late January, those are usually the first to go. Typically around a month or two later Camponotus start flying.

[JenC]

I can't wait for those Camponotus...

[OhNoNotAgain]

Whereabouts is good for looking for P. imparis queens? I know they have outposts near Stanford but any particular reasonably accessible area in South Bay?

Otherwise I'll just hit one of you up for a queen in a tube sometime. 

[ponerinecat]

in that case....anyone selling Novomessor Cockerelli in the bay area?

also are pogonomyrmex barbatus found around here? They seem like they might be fun too....basically just looking for a very large, active, diurnal harvester ant that doesnt hibernate.

No, we don't have P. barbatus. Only in Florida.

[ponerinecat]

 

Flights should be starting soon

Which species? I can't wait to find some ants this weather is so depressing

 

Only ants that will be flying around now will be P. imparis.

[ponerinecat]

Hi All! Any leads on finding a Leaf Cutter queen around the SF Bay Area? Or know of anyone we can visit who has one? Thanks!

 

Only attines we have near us are cyphomyrmex wheeleri, looking to get some queens this summer. If you want leafcutters you'll have to ask people in Socal.

[ponerinecat]

 

Aphaenogaster occidentalis is flying 

Those are the ones with workers that look like tetramorium, but are a bit larger right? And the queens are kind of smaller than tetramorium and their abdomens are orangey underneath. I can't remember if the ants I am thinking of were called Aphaenogaster occidentalis or not. 

 

 

No, aphaenogaster are more like leggy pheidole, don't look like tetras at all. Queens are around the same size as workers, slightly larger and bulkier. Mostly brown, no orange I can remember. I honestly wouldn't recommend them to beginners, their diet is quite demanding.

[ponerinecat]

 

in that case....anyone selling Novomessor Cockerelli in the bay area?

also are pogonomyrmex barbatus found around here? They seem like they might be fun too....basically just looking for a very large, active, diurnal harvester ant that doesnt hibernate.

No, we don't have P. barbatus. Only in Florida.

 

Nvm, we may have P. barbatus, but the likelihood is slim. I thought you meant P. badius.