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District, Maryland, & Virginia Queen Watch

Started By IcarusSkybound , Apr 14 2018 12:16 PM

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#761 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted May 28 2022 - 8:52 AM

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Massive Nylanderia flights right now. There are queens everywhere!
Picture of a queen seconds before being asporated lol.

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#762 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 30 2022 - 5:48 PM

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Huge Camponotus castaneus flights right now!
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#763 Offline OiledOlives - Posted May 31 2022 - 5:01 AM

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Went outside last night and only got 3 castaneus and 1 interjectus. 1 of the castaneus gassed itself and the other two died of insecticides. 


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#764 Offline aznphenom - Posted May 31 2022 - 5:29 AM

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I hope to find a ton of cast. Love their color. Never been able to get them to year 2. I know they're around me but don't know exactly where their nests are. Plus I have a movie tonight. 


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#765 Offline Jonny8040 - Posted May 31 2022 - 5:30 AM

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Went outside last night and only got 3 castaneus and 1 interjectus. 1 of the castaneus gassed itself and the other two died of insecticides.


One of the Castaneaus queens I caught last night died as well and started acting crazy and died. I’m assuming it gassed itself as well. I didn’t know they could do that. I also had a Lasius Aphidicola Queen do that this year. Strange


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#766 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 14 2022 - 2:49 AM

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I found three C. castaneus queens at my light last night in the intervals it wasn’t raining. Nylanderia vividula and Temnothorax are starting their flights as well. I also found three Tetramorium queens around my block this morning.
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#767 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted June 15 2022 - 11:22 AM

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I’ll put out my light tonight, hopefully I’ll find some Nylanderia vividula.

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#768 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted June 15 2022 - 2:32 PM

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Lasius interjectus about to fly!
I just took these pictures. Good luck catching them!

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#769 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 30 2022 - 1:50 AM

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Really big Nylanderia vividula flight happened here last night. I also got up at 5:00am and found a bunch of Aphaenogaster rudis at my light.
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#770 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted July 5 2022 - 6:01 AM

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Really big Nylanderia vividula flight happened here last night. I also got up at 5:00am and found a bunch of Aphaenogaster rudis at my light.


I've been seeing a bunch of them as well.
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#771 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 5 2022 - 5:06 PM

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Big Pheidole bicarinata flights right now!
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#772 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted July 6 2022 - 6:24 AM

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Found Pheidole dentata this morning

#773 Offline OiledOlives - Posted July 6 2022 - 7:55 PM

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More obliqua, ambiguus, sessile, curvispinosus, and opacior tonight. I also found my first bicarinata queen and two of what I believe are minutissimus but I will have to get better pictures to tell.
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#774 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 7 2022 - 3:13 AM

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You mean Crematogaster minutissimus?
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#775 Offline Jonny8040 - Posted July 7 2022 - 3:14 AM

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Major Pheidole flights this morning. I’m finding dealates everywhere!!


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#776 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 7 2022 - 3:54 AM

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Major Pheidole flights this morning. I’m finding dealates everywhere!!
Lucky! The cool species fly in the morning. What did you find?

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#777 Offline Jonny8040 - Posted July 7 2022 - 4:15 AM

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Major Pheidole flights this morning. I’m finding dealates everywhere!!
Lucky! The cool species fly in the morning. What did you find?

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I found 2 bicarinata this morning and a dentata last night to the best of my knowledge. I’m still learning Pheidole species but I’m very pleased with the findings this year.


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#778 Offline OiledOlives - Posted July 7 2022 - 11:03 AM

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You mean Crematogaster minutissimus?


I mean T. minutissimus, we don't have Orthocrema in VA unfortunately.
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#779 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted July 7 2022 - 4:28 PM

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When do y'all find the most Pheidole dentata dealates? We just had our first good rain in the last three weeks and I'll be searching tomorrow morning. I know Ph. bicarinata, tysoni will be abundant as always.

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#780 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted July 7 2022 - 4:38 PM

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I found mine around 6:45 AM, She wasn’t a dealate though.
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