I am a beginner ant keeper and have only found a queen of a social parasite species, but released her because i don't have host workers. I think its because most species nuptial flights are over by this time of year, are there any New York species that I may still be able to find that are not social parasites?
I would mostly like to keep a fire ant colony if anyone knows what time of year their flights are.
Thanks in advance.
When to catch a queen in New York?
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Re: When to catch a queen in New York?
There is a great video on nuptial flights by AntsCanada!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfaK8TvM0qA #AntLove.
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Re: When to catch a queen in New York?
Also don't listen to Mikey on how common some species are. It varies in every location
Re: When to catch a queen in New York?
There are no fire ants in New York. If you live on Long Island or NYC, you can buy ants from me through the GAN project.Tomtharuler wrote:I am a beginner ant keeper and have only found a queen of a social parasite species, but released her because i don't have host workers. I think its because most species nuptial flights are over by this time of year, are there any New York species that I may still be able to find that are not social parasites?
I would mostly like to keep a fire ant colony if anyone knows what time of year their flights are.
Thanks in advance.
Re: When to catch a queen in New York?
look in the bark of dead/fallen trees. also under rocks
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