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District, Maryland, & Virginia Queen Watch

Started By IcarusSkybound , Apr 14 2018 12:16 PM

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#181 Offline Antkid12 - Posted May 3 2020 - 11:05 AM

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Termites are having their nuptial flights right now. I'm not interested, but thought I'd let you know just in case anyone is.

yeah, they flew for an hour yesterday. Caught some for ant food.


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Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#182 Offline VenomousBeast - Posted May 3 2020 - 11:08 AM

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Glad to see someone else caught some termites yesterday!


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1:Pogonomymex occidentalis

4: Tetramorium immigrans

2 Reticulitermes flavipes

#183 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted May 3 2020 - 1:07 PM

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Colobopsis are flying! Just saw a queen but she got away. I'm blacklighting tonight!


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I accidentally froze all my ants 

#184 Offline Antkid12 - Posted May 3 2020 - 1:34 PM

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Colobopsis are flying! Just saw a queen but she got away. I'm blacklighting tonight!

Shoot I gotta get out there!!!! 


Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#185 Offline Antkid12 - Posted May 3 2020 - 2:19 PM

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 I saw like 5 species of Camponotus flying around!


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Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#186 Online ANTdrew - Posted May 3 2020 - 2:39 PM

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Camponotus are flying in NOVA! I caught two chromaiodes and a subbarbatus!
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#187 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted May 3 2020 - 3:07 PM

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Colobopsis are flying! Just saw a queen but she got away. I'm blacklighting tonight!

Bro…… Its raining here in Middle Tennessee. I hope it lets up by 7:30 pm, as that's when they really start flying here. 


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#188 Online ANTdrew - Posted May 3 2020 - 3:33 PM

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Just caught a C. nearcticus.
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#189 Offline Antkid12 - Posted May 3 2020 - 3:42 PM

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I caught a Camponotus nearcticus and a Camponotus chromaides! 


Edited by Antkid12, May 4 2020 - 4:26 AM.

Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#190 Online ANTdrew - Posted May 3 2020 - 6:10 PM

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I caught a Camponotus nearcticus and a Camponotus chromaidos!

Attaboy! I caught three chromaiodes, two subbarbatus, and one nearcticus, all on my patio.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#191 Offline VenomousBeast - Posted May 4 2020 - 2:55 AM

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I set up my blacklight last night, I didn't catch any queens cause I'm leaving and all soon. (It was to catch some moths for my Med. Gecko) And I found 2 Colobopsis queens, 2 Camp. near., 5 Camp. chrom., and 1 rogue Tetramorium male!


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Keeps:

1:Pogonomymex occidentalis

4: Tetramorium immigrans

2 Reticulitermes flavipes

#192 Online ANTdrew - Posted May 4 2020 - 2:57 AM

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What kind of blacklight do you use?
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#193 Offline VenomousBeast - Posted May 4 2020 - 3:24 AM

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I use a blackflag blacklight (It was once a bug zapper but I made some adjustments and transformed it into a "non-killable" bug attractant! Or should I say Attract-ant! ;) )  I don't know the wattage though, it was a part of the mechanism I took off and threw away...


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Keeps:

1:Pogonomymex occidentalis

4: Tetramorium immigrans

2 Reticulitermes flavipes

#194 Offline Cblake113 - Posted May 4 2020 - 3:53 AM

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I found 2 Camponotus nearcticus. And found 1 Lasius interjectus last night. Also found a few queens without abdomens.

#195 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted May 4 2020 - 4:33 AM

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What happened! I blacklighted and caught jack squat! Even the hundreds of males were so frustrated at the lack of queens that they started trying to hump beetles (I'm not kidding).


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I accidentally froze all my ants 

#196 Offline Antkid12 - Posted May 4 2020 - 5:33 AM

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What happened! I blacklighted and caught jack squat! Even the hundreds of males were so frustrated at the lack of queens that they started trying to hump beetles (I'm not kidding).

:o :lol:  :o  :ugone2far: oh my goodness...


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Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#197 Offline Antkid12 - Posted May 4 2020 - 7:29 AM

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just caught a Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen!


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Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#198 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted May 4 2020 - 8:17 AM

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Even the hundreds of males were so frustrated at the lack of queens that they started trying to hump beetles (I'm not kidding).

It would be interesting if the males actually got to them..........


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"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

#199 Online ANTdrew - Posted May 4 2020 - 5:13 PM

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My brother found a Crematogaster cf ashmeadi queen today at a gas station of all places.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#200 Offline Antkid12 - Posted May 5 2020 - 3:06 AM

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My brother found a Crematogaster cf ashmeadi queen today at a gas station of all places.

Cool! didn't know they can fly this early!


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Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

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