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Michigan Anting

Started By Jamiesname , Mar 18 2018 7:40 PM

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#41 Offline enflamingo - Posted July 18 2019 - 4:51 AM

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I found a dead Ph. pilifera queen in a spider web. Was probably fertile- it had no wings.

big rip right there. You have any pheidole yet?

My Journal featuring all of what I'm keeping

 

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x2 Camponotus Novaeboracensis Queen(s)

x2 Camponotus Pennsylvanicus Queen(s)

x1 Tetramorium Immigrans Queen(s)

x1 Tetramorium Immigrans Colony

x1 Tapinoma Sessile Colony

#42 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted July 18 2019 - 10:15 AM

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I found a dead Ph. pilifera queen in a spider web. Was probably fertile- it had no wings.

big rip right there. You have any pheidole yet?
No unfortunately
Oh come on it’s about to rain again!

#43 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted July 18 2019 - 10:23 AM

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Hoping to get brachymryrmex this August.

#44 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted July 19 2019 - 5:38 AM

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Now it’s going to storm all day. Great.

#45 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted July 19 2019 - 3:05 PM

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Just found two Tetramorium queens.

#46 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted July 19 2019 - 3:19 PM

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Got two more.

#47 Offline AntJohnny - Posted August 5 2019 - 11:30 AM

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I've been seeing alot of parasitic lasious queensbtoday. And yesterday a random Camponotus pennsylvanicus. After the first campontous flights I ran out of test tubes. And every queen I caught laid eggs. Most have pupa now.

#48 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted August 13 2019 - 7:34 AM

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Looking for Lasius neoniger soon.

#49 Offline AntJohnny - Posted August 20 2019 - 1:14 PM

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I found dozens probably a few hundred Campontous queens with pupa while I was acting around my house. I found a falling tree and lifted the bark trying not to break it. But I saw so many queens start scurrying around. They were all within inches of each other. I'm sure most will get killed when the workers arrive. I just never seen that many queens so close to each other and so many. The only nuptial flights I saw were Camponotus and some parasitic lasious this year I looked all over when I could. Hopefully I will be able to catch another species by the end of the year.

#50 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted August 28 2019 - 9:26 AM

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Found a Lasius latipes and a Solenopsis molesta queen yesterday. I didn’t keep the Lasius.

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#51 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted September 4 2019 - 11:29 AM

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HUGE LASIUS FLIGHTS! Four species. Two non-parasitic and 2 parasitic (aphidicola and latipes)

#52 Offline AntJohnny - Posted September 13 2019 - 3:09 PM

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Citronella queens are getting ready. Nearly every colony I saw had queens and males close to the surface. It's been sorta chilly where I live although today was raining in the morning and now sunny warm and muggy. I'll be checking everyday while I can until they fly.

#53 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted September 14 2019 - 9:04 AM

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I found neoniger, what I believe to be brevicornis, aphidicola, and latipes.

#54 Offline AntJohnny - Posted September 21 2019 - 2:11 PM

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I caught a Ponera pennsylvanica. I am pretty sure she is a queen. She is tiny I never knew how small they were. Anyway there were no other ants around her and she seemed to have wing muscles. I don't know when they fly or anything. And all the lasious around me still have males and I fertile queens in there colonies nearly every colony I've found. I've been seeing a lot of parasitic queens walking around still too.

#55 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted September 22 2019 - 10:25 AM

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I caught a Ponera pennsylvanica. I am pretty sure she is a queen. She is tiny I never knew how small they were. Anyway there were no other ants around her and she seemed to have wing muscles. I don't know when they fly or anything. And all the lasious around me still have males and I fertile queens in there colonies nearly every colony I've found. I've been seeing a lot of parasitic queens walking around still too.

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#56 Offline AntJohnny - Posted March 11 2020 - 6:58 PM

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Well my Ponera didn't make it thru hibernation. I also lost one parasitic lasious and one Formica colony. But with hibernation getting over with soon. And winter almost over. Pernelapis imparis will be out soon. I really want to catch a queen of this species this year. I searched all spring last year and had no luck. I'm hoping this year will be different. There are only a few species I want that I haven't caught yet and that is my most wanted. So as soon as they come out if anyone from Michigan sees them please put a post up with where they were seen.

#57 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted May 13 2020 - 12:33 PM

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I just caught one today. 


#58 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted May 13 2020 - 12:38 PM

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I just caught one today. 

Nice. These are actually quite common around here.


"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

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Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#59 Offline AntJohnny - Posted May 15 2020 - 7:09 AM

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I just caught one today.


WTF!!!!!!!!! I have been looking everyday I spent like 60 hours already looking lol. I am a repellent for Pernelapis. I am just in the wrong part for them. I have only ever seen one colony of them around were I live.

#60 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted May 15 2020 - 7:21 AM

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I just caught one today. 

Nice. These are actually quite common around here.

 

Oh, I meant Ponera, not Prenolepis, sorry. I've only found Prenolepis in one place, and one place only. They're not common around here.


"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

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