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District, Maryland, & Virginia Queen Watch

Started By IcarusSkybound , Apr 14 2018 12:16 PM

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#621 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 4 2021 - 5:24 PM

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Just got a Camponotus castaneus at my blacklight! She actually landed on my foot.
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#622 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 4 2021 - 6:00 PM

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Got three!

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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.

#623 Offline AleeGuy - Posted June 4 2021 - 6:26 PM

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Just got a Camponotus castaneus at my blacklight! She actually landed on my foot.

LMAO same thing just happened right now after you posted that. I went to check on the blacklight and after few minutes of inspecting I was about to leave but then she somehow got on my foot too. 

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#624 Offline AleeGuy - Posted June 4 2021 - 6:28 PM

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Got three!

Near the blacklight? Ima look too! If not near the blacklight then in what type of habitat were they in?


#625 Offline antgallery - Posted June 4 2021 - 7:04 PM

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I checked my blacklight and there are Hundreds of drones but no queens  :(


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#626 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 5 2021 - 1:24 AM

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Just got a Camponotus castaneus at my blacklight! She actually landed on my foot.

LMAO same thing just happened right now after you posted that. I went to check on the blacklight and after few minutes of inspecting I was about to leave but then she somehow got on my foot too.
My man! In my experience, these queens sort of just end up in the general area of the light, so I keep checking the ground around the sheet. There will usually be tons of males, but a few queens will land if you’re lucky.
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Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#627 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted June 5 2021 - 9:15 AM

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BREH I’ve been so busy I haven’t even looked for ants In about 6 months. Try to keep the cast queens just completely in the dark away from everything for a while, aleeguy.
We don’t talk about that

#628 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 5 2021 - 9:58 AM

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Breh, I got a full time teaching job, two toddlers and a house to take care of. I drive Uber part time to make ends meet. That’s busy.
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Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#629 Offline Lillyrose - Posted June 5 2021 - 2:02 PM

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I'm going to try again tonight .. I found several drones but after too long crawling around the grass I gave up lol.

I'm going to try a path in the woods tonight though cause I'm getting way too many ticks.

I saw a gas station today with near 200 drones .. they were everywhere.. on the windows and the walls, the doors...it was amazing.

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#630 Offline Lillyrose - Posted June 5 2021 - 7:41 PM

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I went to a tennis court surrounded by woods ... found 7 cast queens and one Camponotus.

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#631 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 6 2021 - 2:19 AM

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Woah! All eight of those are Camponotus, just one is a different species.
Sounds like you live in a really prime habitat area.

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#632 Offline Lillyrose - Posted June 6 2021 - 7:50 PM

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Caught a variety..

3 Tetramorium immigrans (squished two by accident)
1 Camponotus pennsylvanicus
2 that I think are Camponotus nerc

And 1 Lasius interjectus

(There were more cast ... but I didn't get them ... no point in being greedy.. I have plenty yesterday)

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#633 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 7 2021 - 2:10 AM

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Nice. I found two Nylanderia queens at my light. I injured one trying to get her in the vial, though.
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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.

#634 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 7 2021 - 2:28 AM

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Tetramorium do be flying right now.
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#635 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 9 2021 - 2:16 AM

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I found three C. castaneus queens and a Nylanderia vividula at my light.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#636 Offline AleeGuy - Posted June 9 2021 - 4:27 AM

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I found three C. castaneus queens and a Nylanderia vividula at my light.

Oh btw is it pretty early right now for black lighting season(like for the most species that are attracted to black light)? I want to get a yearly pass to PW Forest Park and black light there but I think its a bit early right now for the most species that are attracted to it.

#637 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 9 2021 - 7:51 AM

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Not too early, Ali, but we’re still not peak yet. Definitely try PW Forest!
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#638 Offline Lillyrose - Posted June 9 2021 - 2:27 PM

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I know tetra fly in the morning but I've found all mine at night. Just found another one walking down the path

#639 Offline Lillyrose - Posted June 9 2021 - 3:16 PM

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Has anyone gotten Temnothorax yet?
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#640 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 9 2021 - 5:29 PM

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Has anyone gotten Temnothorax yet?

Yep. Lots of them at my light.
"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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