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District, Maryland, & Virginia Queen Watch

Started By IcarusSkybound , Apr 14 2018 12:16 PM

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#601 Offline Lillyrose - Posted May 21 2021 - 4:42 PM

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What do trachy look like?

I caught a Camponotus subb tonight

She got attacked by Crematogaster and lost half a leg and most of one antenna.20210521_170815.jpg

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#602 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 22 2021 - 11:09 AM

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I found a C. pennsylvanicus queen while hiking at Prince William Forest this morning.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#603 Offline Lillyrose - Posted May 22 2021 - 11:27 AM

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I spent two hours hiking today and could not find any queens. Not my lucky day... I kinda imagined I'd find lots.

#604 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 22 2021 - 11:50 AM

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Trachymyrmex queens look like this:

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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.

#605 Offline Lillyrose - Posted May 22 2021 - 12:24 PM

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Trachymyrmex queens look like this:


Thanks ... I have horseshoe pits .. so I'll watch for one like that.

#606 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 22 2021 - 1:45 PM

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Haha, I hope it’s as simple as that.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#607 Offline AleeGuy - Posted May 23 2021 - 6:17 PM

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Found castaneus queen which was attracted to a regular light UwU.

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#608 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 23 2021 - 6:29 PM

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Wow, dude! Nice!
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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.

#609 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 25 2021 - 4:07 PM

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Tapinoma are flying if you’re into that sort of thing.
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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.

#610 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted May 26 2021 - 5:49 AM

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Yea around this time start checking around normal lights because they attract everything.


We don’t talk about that

#611 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 26 2021 - 8:24 AM

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Blacklighting may be big tonight. It rained a lot Monday, and we have high heat and humidity.


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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.

#612 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted May 26 2021 - 8:46 AM

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Blacklighting may be big tonight. It rained a lot Monday, and we have high heat and humidity.

Let us know what you find!


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#613 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 26 2021 - 11:54 AM

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Tapinoma are flying again if that’s your jam. 😂
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#614 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted May 26 2021 - 12:00 PM

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Look out for termite skates this week as well.
We don’t talk about that

#615 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 26 2021 - 12:18 PM

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For sure. I bet they flew this morning.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#616 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted May 26 2021 - 12:40 PM

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They've been flying every afternoon for the past week here. I collected a few dozen to feed my ants, haha.


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#617 Offline AleeGuy - Posted May 26 2021 - 1:03 PM

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Found nylanderia queen.
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#618 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted May 26 2021 - 1:10 PM

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Found nylanderia queen.

bro stop showing off
We don’t talk about that

#619 Offline AleeGuy - Posted May 26 2021 - 2:10 PM

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Found nylanderia queen.

bro stop showing off

Hehe, forgot to send pix.

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#620 Offline PetsNotPests - Posted May 26 2021 - 2:14 PM

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Found nylanderia queen.

bro stop showing off

Hehe, forgot to send pix.

 

Looks a lot like the queens I've been catching. Nice catch. Also, awesome profile pic! makes me laugh every time I see it haha  :lol:


Ants are Pets, not Pests. 

 

-Camponotus sansabeanus

-Camponotus US-CA02

-Camponotus vicinus

-Formica podzolica

-Monomorium spp.

-Pogonomyrmex californicus

-Solenopsis spp. 

 

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