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District, Maryland, & Virginia Queen Watch

Started By IcarusSkybound , Apr 14 2018 12:16 PM

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#541 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 11 2021 - 2:24 PM

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Boooooo
Won’t be until May then for the main flight.

Here tomorrow will be the next flight. High of 83 and low of 60-something.


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#542 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 11 2021 - 3:26 PM

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Y’all find queens like I find troubles.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#543 Offline Lillyrose - Posted April 12 2021 - 4:42 AM

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Y’all find queens like I find troubles.


Stealing that
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#544 Offline AUGUAG - Posted April 14 2021 - 12:04 PM

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I found a Camponotus pennsylvanicus (I think) dealate today in a cup of potting soil, so I'm guessing they flew yesterday/earlier this morning. Could've been a one-off. Also found a Camponotus chromaiodes alate last week with a dying male nearby. Anyone think the Camponotus flights are coming early this year? Or was I just way out of the loop last year?


#545 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 14 2021 - 2:23 PM

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Cool! They definitely could have flown last weekend. Flights were later last year, but it was a cooler spring. We had ice in May, even.
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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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#546 Offline AleeGuy - Posted April 17 2021 - 2:41 PM

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Found what it seems like a camponotus chromaiodes queen today.

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#547 Offline Lillyrose - Posted April 17 2021 - 4:01 PM

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Found what it seems like a camponotus chromaiodes queen today.


Oh that's exciting! I spent a few hours looking but I haven't developed any luck or technique yet lol

#548 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 17 2021 - 5:37 PM

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Still way too cold, Lillyrose.
Nice find, Ali. I know they flew last weekend.
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#549 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 20 2021 - 11:43 AM

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I’m on Camponotus alert.
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#550 Offline AleeGuy - Posted April 20 2021 - 11:48 AM

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When do Camponotus mainly fly here?

#551 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 20 2021 - 11:55 AM

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From now until Memorial Day, mostly.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#552 Offline Lillyrose - Posted April 21 2021 - 3:31 AM

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From now until Memorial Day, mostly.


I'm so used to my small girls .. everytime I see a Camponotus worker I yell QUEEN lol ... I can't wait to see a real queen.

#553 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 21 2021 - 7:24 AM

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They’re big mammas. Big flights should happen soon, but it needs to get warmer. Yesterday got too windy.
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#554 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 27 2021 - 7:36 AM

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Today or tomorrow may be the time for Camponotus.


"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#555 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted April 27 2021 - 10:17 AM

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I've been seeing a lot of male nylarandia outside my house. 


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#556 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 27 2021 - 11:16 AM

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Found a Nylanderia cf. faisonensis queen yesterday.


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#557 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 27 2021 - 11:45 AM

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Cool. How do you distinguish faisonensis from vividula? Just wondering.
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#558 Offline NickAnter - Posted April 27 2021 - 11:47 AM

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N. fasionensis has "dense cephalic pubescence" whereas vividula does not.


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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#559 Offline Lillyrose - Posted April 27 2021 - 12:36 PM

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I'm in the woods and I don't see any flights... but a Camponotus queen walked into my kitchen at 3am last night

#560 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 27 2021 - 12:51 PM

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Did you collect her? What species?
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.
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