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[rbarreto]

Also I've yet to find a single colony under a log or on the inside of lose bark. Almost every single one was been under rocks. Also worth noting is that by far the most common species I find is a very yellow Lasius sp. that is quite cute. I think its a parasite but I find it odd that the parasitic species would outnumber the host.

Edited by rbarreto, April 26 2018 - 10:41 AM.

[ken14400]

Also I've yet to find a single colony under a log or on the inside of lose bark. Almost every single one was been under rocks. Also worth noting is that by far the most common species I find is a very yellow Lasius sp. that is quite cute. I think its a parasite but I find it odd that the parasitic species would outnumber the host.

most probably a lasius flavus 

[rbarreto]

Yea that is definitely it.

[ken14400]

so i found a lot of mymrica colonies that just awakened at my park and i collected some and combined it with my own colony so now i have around 10+ queen in my colony. might try to find more to make a super colony

[AntKeeperNoob]

Hi everyone,

I actually found 12 P. imparis queens in the area around the University of Toronto on Apr 24 (just randomly came across them).

I also found a colony of P. imparis with male and female alates yesterday, so I think there is still opportunity for more nuptial flights in the near future!

[ken14400]

Hi everyone,

I actually found 12 P. imparis queens in the area around the University of Toronto on Apr 24 (just randomly came across them).

I also found a colony of P. imparis with male and female alates yesterday, so I think there is still opportunity for more nuptial flights in the near future!

oh my godddd i want themmmmm XD which one tho the st.george campus or scarborough or utm?

[AntKeeperNoob]

 

Hi everyone,

I actually found 12 P. imparis queens in the area around the University of Toronto on Apr 24 (just randomly came across them).

I also found a colony of P. imparis with male and female alates yesterday, so I think there is still opportunity for more nuptial flights in the near future!

oh my godddd i want themmmmm XD which one tho the st.george campus or scarborough or utm?

 

St. George

[ken14400]

 

 

Hi everyone,

I actually found 12 P. imparis queens in the area around the University of Toronto on Apr 24 (just randomly came across them).

I also found a colony of P. imparis with male and female alates yesterday, so I think there is still opportunity for more nuptial flights in the near future!

oh my godddd i want themmmmm XD which one tho the st.george campus or scarborough or utm?

 

St. George

 

check your messages i pmed you

[Canadian anter]

 

 

Hi everyone,

I actually found 12 P. imparis queens in the area around the University of Toronto on Apr 24 (just randomly came across them).

I also found a colony of P. imparis with male and female alates yesterday, so I think there is still opportunity for more nuptial flights in the near future!

oh my godddd i want themmmmm XD which one tho the st.george campus or scarborough or utm?

 

St. George

 

Not surprised. But were these dealates?

 

Also Prenolepis should fly in the northern parts of Toronto and Mississauga on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

[AntKeeperNoob]

 

 

 

Hi everyone,

I actually found 12 P. imparis queens in the area around the University of Toronto on Apr 24 (just randomly came across them).

I also found a colony of P. imparis with male and female alates yesterday, so I think there is still opportunity for more nuptial flights in the near future!

oh my godddd i want themmmmm XD which one tho the st.george campus or scarborough or utm?

 

St. George

 

Not surprised. But were these dealates?

 

Also Prenolepis should fly in the northern parts of Toronto and Mississauga on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

 

Yes I collected delates.

The colony I found though still had alates.

[Lazarus]

Here's a map of how to get to the mounds:

Thanks! Not too far from home so I'll have to take a ride out there at some point.

[Penguin]

I caught one of what I'm almost sure is a Prenolepis imparis de-alate with wings still on, so I'm going out to attempt to find more 

 

 

EDIT: I also noticed several large flying insects too large and cumbersome to be flies, wasp queens?

 

EDIT 2: After about half an hour of searching in total I have only found 1 other queen which has no wings.

Edited by Penguin, April 30 2018 - 1:34 PM.

[Canadian anter]

ken14400 has found flying Prenolepis imparis in Mississauga today as well.

[ken14400]

are you sure tho coz they're kinda small...

[Canadian anter]

Caught a Prenolepis queen today.

[Kojeware]

I found a P. imparis nest with alates yesterday, hoping to stumble across one soon.

 

Do P. imparis queens form claustral cells, or do you need to catch 'em the day of their flight?

[Kojeware]

Yeet

ya boy just stepped outside and found 13 queens (and a fecal-load of males) in his pool.

 

EDIT: Make that 28

Edited by Kojeware, May 2 2018 - 5:09 AM.

[Penguin]

I found a P. imparis nest with alates yesterday, hoping to stumble across one soon.

 

Do P. imparis queens form claustral cells, or do you need to catch 'em the day of their flight?

 

What else do you think they do? Have Scotty beam them up? 

 

On a more serious note, there was a MASSIVE flight in my area so I now have 8 queens in total, 2 with wings and one 3 queen and one 2 queen colony, wish me luck with them! 

 

EDIT: I'm probably not going to catch anymore since I think 8 is enough 

Edited by Penguin, May 1 2018 - 12:27 PM.

[Canadian anter]

Guys well scratch that. Out of the 30 odd queens I saw, I have at least 17. I realize that we speed this up by catching virgin queens, putting them on long sticks and sticking them in nuptial swarms. They would be tackled and mated within minutes.

[Lazarus]

None in Ottawa so far. I thought the conditions were pretty good but no luck so far.