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District, Maryland, & Virginia Queen Watch

Started By IcarusSkybound , Apr 14 2018 12:16 PM

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#801 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 20 2023 - 4:48 PM

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Camponotus chromaiodes flew today in Virginia. My son spotted this beauty.

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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.

#802 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 8 2023 - 4:31 PM

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Nylanderia flavipes flew this afternoon here in Virginia.

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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.

#803 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted May 9 2023 - 12:05 PM

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Cool! Where in Virginia are you? I have a lot of flavipes in my yard and I haven't seen any flying, but it is still raining a lot here in Charlottesville so they will probably fly after it stops.

#804 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 9 2023 - 12:11 PM

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Cool! Where in Virginia are you? I have a lot of flavipes in my yard and I haven't seen any flying, but it is still raining a lot here in Charlottesville so they will probably fly after it stops.

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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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#805 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted May 9 2023 - 12:24 PM

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Okay. I haven't been able to catch any queens yet this year. I've seen them but I never have had something to catch them with. I guess I'll have to start bringing test tubes to school.

#806 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 9 2023 - 2:44 PM

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Nah, get snap cap vials to carry in your pocket.
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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.

#807 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted May 9 2023 - 4:05 PM

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#808 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted May 10 2023 - 12:32 PM

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I just flipped a rock with Nylanderia under it and they had many alates they will be flying soon I believe.
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#809 Offline antsinvirgina - Posted June 1 2023 - 5:03 AM

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This morning tetramorium immigrans had their Nuptial flight

 

sadly I didn't find any queens but I did see tetramorium immigrans workers running around with Alates 


#810 Offline AntPerson76 - Posted June 1 2023 - 5:53 AM

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This morning tetramorium immigrans had their Nuptial flight

 

sadly I didn't find any queens but I did see tetramorium immigrans workers running around with Alates 

I'm on the lookout for tetramorium too, but haven't found any yet. 


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#811 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted June 1 2023 - 6:34 AM

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Me too. I see alates underground in nest often.


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#812 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 1 2023 - 6:56 AM

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I found an alate queen with her wings stuck to the dew on my car this morning. Hopefully she mated before getting stuck. 


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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.

#813 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 2 2023 - 2:02 AM

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It’s on, my friends!
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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.

#814 Offline AntPerson76 - Posted June 2 2023 - 3:41 AM

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Yes!


#815 Offline antsinvirgina - Posted June 2 2023 - 4:14 AM

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thanks AntDrew 

 

I found 8 queens 

 

but I can't find more. I'm in school 


#816 Offline Jonathan5608 - Posted June 2 2023 - 6:59 AM

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It’s on, my friends!
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I looked at the weather app. Looked like it was low sixties in Virginia. If I live in ny. I guess tetras would fly in a few weeks. Maybe they already flew.

#817 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 2 2023 - 12:01 PM

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They will fly very soon in New York. Zero chance they have already flown, plus they fly over and over whenever conditions are right.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#818 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted June 2 2023 - 12:08 PM

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Two of my friends said that they saw huge swarms if ants some when wings I assumed it was pavement ants so I will be looking for them.

#819 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 2 2023 - 6:14 PM

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Camponotus castaneus flew tonight.
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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.

#820 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted June 3 2023 - 8:50 AM

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I know my little brother just caught a beautiful queen.
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