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Flying ant day: Millions of insects swarm across London in annual breeding frenzy... even disrupting play at Wimbledon


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#1 Offline StopSpazzing - Posted July 4 2018 - 12:36 PM

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> Ant Keeping Wiki is back up! Currently being migrated from old wiki. :)Looking to adopt out: Crematogaster sp. (Acrobat Ants) colonies

#2 Offline Barristan - Posted July 4 2018 - 12:39 PM

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Yep Lasius niger everywhere. I am already tired of finding them...



#3 Offline CoolColJ - Posted July 4 2018 - 2:40 PM

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Current ant colonies -
1) Opisthopsis Rufithorax (strobe ant), Melophorus sp2. black and orange, Pheidole species, Pheidole antipodum
Journal = http://www.formicult...ra-iridomyrmex/

Heterotermes cf brevicatena termite pet/feeder journal = http://www.formicult...feeder-journal/


#4 Offline AntsMaryland - Posted July 6 2018 - 5:24 AM

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I decided to make a funny blog post about this...

 

http://antemonium.typepad.com/my-blog/


Aphaenogaster cf. rudis 

Tetramorium immigrans 

Tapinoma sessile

Formica subsericea

Pheidole sp.

Camponotus nearcticus


#5 Offline Barristan - Posted July 6 2018 - 12:15 PM

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Best video I almost spit out my coffee...



#6 Offline WeatherAnt - Posted July 6 2018 - 6:32 PM

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Best video I almost spit out my coffee...

 

 

Me too but I wasn't drinking anything. 



#7 Offline Mettcollsuss - Posted July 6 2018 - 7:23 PM

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I've never encountered a flight that big before. It would probably take me forever to get anywhere to avoid stepping on any.






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