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[Major]

I got a black light from bioquip recently. I was wondering when to set it up? What time? A sunny day after rain?
Also where, forest, field, etc.?

[YsTheAnt]

Any day that is 70 degrees way past dark is good. Anywhere with good ant diversity will yield good results.

I would suggest undisturbed areas, as they tend to be more diverse than those that have more human settlement.

[Canadian anter]

I find that ants start showing up at around 10 and usually leave at 12

[gcsnelling]

Set up at dusk and run until you are tired of sitting there. Forest edges can be especially good.But where you set up depends on what you are after.