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[Jadeninja9]

Just caught six Pogonomyrmex Queens with Derpy!! I now have six and he has five.

What was the temperature?

[sirjordanncurtis]

I found a tetranorium Queen, which is really weird since their nuptial flights are still some ways off...

[Derpy]

Just caught six Pogonomyrmex Queens with Derpy!! I now have six and he has five.

What was the temperature?

We think they flew yesterday, and dug up ones in founding chambers. Also we caught some foraging queens.

I found a tetranorium Queen, which is really weird since their nuptial flights are still some ways off...

Yeah my friend, YsTheAnt, caught a tetramorium queen earlier in the year, but she was infertile:(

[Jadeninja9]

Tetramorium here don't abide by the general nuptial flight schedules

[sirjordanncurtis]

Tetramorium here don't abide by the general nuptial flight schedules

 

 

 

Just caught six Pogonomyrmex Queens with Derpy!! I now have six and he has five.

What was the temperature?

We think they flew yesterday, and dug up ones in founding chambers. Also we caught some foraging queens.

I found a tetranorium Queen, which is really weird since their nuptial flights are still some ways off...

Yeah my friend, YsTheAnt, caught a tetramorium queen earlier in the year, but she was infertile:(

 

 

Yeah I think so. Although I've never actually seen a nuptial flight. I did catch a founding colony and one fertile queen. (2 of my friends found infertile ones though). 

 

It's slightly disconcerting how there are tetramoriums everywhere.

[Jadeninja9]

Man, you south bay people really catch queens so easily. It's so hard up here for Sericultivist and me.

[sirjordanncurtis]

Man, you south bay people really catch queens so easily. It's so hard up here for Sericultivist and me.

 

Nah. I only ever find tetramoriums. Plus, I'm sort of awful at catching queens...

 

There aren't any camponotus species near me, so that's pretty much all I find.

[Jadeninja9]

 

Man, you south bay people really catch queens so easily. It's so hard up here for Sericultivist and me.

 

Nah. I only ever find tetramoriums. Plus, I'm sort of awful at catching queens...

 

There aren't any camponotus species near me, so that's pretty much all I find.

 

You're not in the south bay lol

[sirjordanncurtis]

 

 

Man, you south bay people really catch queens so easily. It's so hard up here for Sericultivist and me.

 

Nah. I only ever find tetramoriums. Plus, I'm sort of awful at catching queens...

 

There aren't any camponotus species near me, so that's pretty much all I find.

 

You're not in the south bay lol

 

 

Well, I'm close enough to both places haha.

 

Edit: I need to stop eating my words and get my facts right.

Edited by sirjordanncurtis, May 5 2018 - 9:44 PM.

[Jadeninja9]

Just caught six Pogonomyrmex Queens with Derpy!! I now have six and he has five.

Where'd you catch them?

[sirjordanncurtis]

 

Just caught six Pogonomyrmex Queens with Derpy!! I now have six and he has five.

Where'd you catch them?

 

 

He mentioned near Santa Cruz mountains

[Jadeninja9]

Where did he mention that?

[YsTheAnt]

It's my secret spot in the Santa Cruz mountains :3. It's kinda far from where most of you guys are, so it won't be worth much to you anyways lol. I might show people if we have an anting meeting or something, but honestly it's so small, it might be a bust if we all go. I do know that there are Pogonomyrmex at many other places though, only reason I want to keep that one secret is because it's so small, that if more people ant there it won't exist for long. However, I do know black diamond mines had Pogonomyrmex as well. If I find more locations with confirmed pogonomyrmex, I'll be sure to post most, if not all here .

Edited by YsTheAnt, May 5 2018 - 11:21 PM.

[sericultivist]

I'm pretty sure you'll find Pogonomyrmex almost anywhere in the South Bay where there are open hills with lots of grass that are relatively undisturbed, as long as it is in a warm enough area. There are also probably isolated populations in the mountains.

 

Personally I'm not the biggest fan of Pogonomyrmex and I'd much rather find things like Stigmatomma and Hypoponera, but it's hard enough finding anything other than Linepithema here in San Francisco.

Edited by sericultivist, May 6 2018 - 1:22 AM.

[sirjordanncurtis]

Hm, I have high hopes for Saturday and Sunday next week

[Jadeninja9]

Hm, I have high hopes for Saturday and Sunday next week

Me too

[sirjordanncurtis]

 

Hm, I have high hopes for Saturday and Sunday next week

Me too

 

 

What species you hoping to catch this year?

[Jadeninja9]

As many as possible lol. But I really want to catch non-myrmentoma Camponotus species and Formica species.

[sirjordanncurtis]

Haha. What I'm looking for is a teacher :\. I just really need someone to follow around and learn from, because I'm pretty sure I'm bad at this.

 

(Does that sound like stalking? oops)

 

Really hyped for a time we can all meet up

[YsTheAnt]

I know a good place for massive camponotus in San Jose. It also has V. Andrei, maybe we can work something out for next weekend.