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District, Maryland, & Virginia Queen Watch

Started By IcarusSkybound , Apr 14 2018 12:16 PM

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#861 Offline DinoH - Posted August 9 2023 - 5:04 AM

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Has anyone seen Trachymyrmex septentrionalis’ queens?

#862 Offline DinoH - Posted August 9 2023 - 5:16 AM

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Has anyone seen Trachymyrmex septentrionalis’ queens?


At what time of the day do they fly?

#863 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 17 2023 - 8:15 AM

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I found two dealate Lasius neonigers this morning. They must’ve flown yesterday after all the heavy rain.
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#864 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted August 17 2023 - 8:55 AM

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Man I've been looking for them for a while.

#865 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 17 2023 - 12:02 PM

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I found a third one by digging up founding chambers. I’m too blessed to be stressed!
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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.

#866 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 19 2023 - 2:19 AM

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I found a fourth one wandering about early yesterday morning. These were all found on my school’s field where my students have recess, haha.
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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.

#867 Offline DinoH - Posted September 10 2023 - 12:41 PM

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I saw multiple Lasius nests preparing to fly and I found a Brachymyrmex depilis queen.
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#868 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 10 2023 - 4:00 PM

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I’m sure there will be flights in our area tomorrow. Unfortunately I’ll be at work.
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#869 Offline DinoH - Posted September 11 2023 - 8:50 AM

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That sucks

#870 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 11 2023 - 12:24 PM

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My boy said he saw Crematogaster alates at recess today.
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#871 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted September 11 2023 - 2:43 PM

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I just found a Lasius alate without a gaster so I'm going out on a hunt.
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#872 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 11 2023 - 3:35 PM

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I just found a Lasius alate without a gaster so I'm going out on a hunt.

I found a neoniger queen last week.
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#873 Offline DinoH - Posted September 12 2023 - 2:02 PM

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My boy said he saw Crematogaster alates at recess today.


Last Friday a Crematogaster queen landed on my ear while I was reading a book outside. She’s in a test tube.

#874 Offline DinoH - Posted September 12 2023 - 2:05 PM

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I just found a Lasius alate without a gaster so I'm going out on a hunt.

I found a neoniger queen last week.
I found one under a flower pot while looking for centipedes for my Stigmatomma. I let her alone since I have 2 already.

#875 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted September 30 2023 - 3:24 PM

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I saw some myrmica alates flying today so o will be black lighting tonight.
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#876 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 30 2023 - 5:04 PM

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

#877 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted October 1 2023 - 4:22 AM

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I didn't catch anything. I don't have a black light with good wattage it's just a strong flash light. But it did have many insects coming and males where there as well. I may need to invest into a bigger black light. And for long should I have the blacklight up, I had it for an hour and a half should I have it longer.

#878 Offline 100lols - Posted October 1 2023 - 6:45 AM

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I didn't catch anything. I don't have a black light with good wattage it's just a strong flash light. But it did have many insects coming and males where there as well. I may need to invest into a bigger black light. And for long should I have the blacklight up, I had it for an hour and a half should I have it longer.


I’m currently researching to create my own black light set up. I found this video to be very informative:

https://youtu.be/Qq-...wsCtbterBrFn3ip

More ant specific black lighting information is abundant on the forum, so I’m excited to see what you come up with. :)

#879 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 1 2023 - 9:19 AM

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No need for a fancy setup, just get a blacklight bulb from Amazon and screw it in any lamp you have around the house.
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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.

#880 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted October 1 2023 - 1:19 PM

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Myrmica yesterday myrmecina and Ponera today. I found two myrmecina alates that were looking like they were about to take off but I found a male about 100 feet away so I put them together and one shedded her wings. I also found a Ponera alate. What do make Ponera's look like? The male with the myrmecina could be Ponera. Ant wiki didn't have any pictures.
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