Colorado Nupital Flights

Where and when are you finding queen ants? A section to share nuptial flight schedules by ant species and locality

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Cal113
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Location: Louisville, Co

Re: Colorado Nupital Flights

Post: # 21495Post Cal113
Sun May 21, 2017 8:59 pm

Mekneys wrote:
Thu May 04, 2017 2:11 pm
I haven't had any luck. I'm hoping I'll atleast see singns of nuptuial flights happening since it'll be the first warm day after a while of cold rainy days.
How did you get your tetremorium colony?
Keeper of:

x3 Tetramorium caespitum queens (small colonies);
x1 Pogonomyrmex barbatus (med colony)
x1 Formica fusca single queen; (small colony)
x2 Unknown sp.; (founding)
x1 Temnothorax rugatalus (med colony)

Cal113
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Re: Colorado Nupital Flights

Post: # 21497Post Cal113
Sun May 21, 2017 9:10 pm

Heres a link to the suspected lasius; https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B3LnM0l44gHJRXVfU0lua0hwbjg?usp=sharing

Sorry that took so long still have finals and stuff so its been stressful XD
Keeper of:

x3 Tetramorium caespitum queens (small colonies);
x1 Pogonomyrmex barbatus (med colony)
x1 Formica fusca single queen; (small colony)
x2 Unknown sp.; (founding)
x1 Temnothorax rugatalus (med colony)

Mekneys
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Joined: Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:36 pm

Re: Colorado Nupital Flights

Post: # 21501Post Mekneys
Sun May 21, 2017 10:22 pm

Cal113 wrote:
Sun May 21, 2017 8:59 pm
Mekneys wrote:
Thu May 04, 2017 2:11 pm
I haven't had any luck. I'm hoping I'll atleast see singns of nuptuial flights happening since it'll be the first warm day after a while of cold rainy days.
How did you get your tetremorium colony?
I got into the hobby late last year and was too impatient to wait, so I got the queen with about 7 workers off of the GAN farmer here.

Cal113
Posts: 80
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Location: Louisville, Co

Re: Colorado Nupital Flights

Post: # 21504Post Cal113
Sun May 21, 2017 11:07 pm

ahh, cool XD i really am hoping to get a colony of tetremorium this year ;)
Keeper of:

x3 Tetramorium caespitum queens (small colonies);
x1 Pogonomyrmex barbatus (med colony)
x1 Formica fusca single queen; (small colony)
x2 Unknown sp.; (founding)
x1 Temnothorax rugatalus (med colony)

Mekneys
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Joined: Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:36 pm

Re: Colorado Nupital Flights

Post: # 22224Post Mekneys
Fri Jun 02, 2017 1:03 pm

Anyone catch anything yet?

Cal113
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Re: Colorado Nupital Flights

Post: # 22422Post Cal113
Tue Jun 06, 2017 10:56 am

Unfortunately not... XD
Keeper of:

x3 Tetramorium caespitum queens (small colonies);
x1 Pogonomyrmex barbatus (med colony)
x1 Formica fusca single queen; (small colony)
x2 Unknown sp.; (founding)
x1 Temnothorax rugatalus (med colony)

Cal113
Posts: 80
Joined: Fri Mar 17, 2017 8:49 pm
Location: Louisville, Co

Re: Colorado Nupital Flights

Post: # 22885Post Cal113
Mon Jun 12, 2017 1:38 pm

Hey Guys!

I actually managed to find my first two queens yesterday! It was dusk and the sun was setting and I was going for my daily ant hunt walk. They were just crawling along on the concrete. :D :D I cant wait to look for more and will be uploading some pics at some point. :lol:

Keep your eyes peeled!
Keeper of:

x3 Tetramorium caespitum queens (small colonies);
x1 Pogonomyrmex barbatus (med colony)
x1 Formica fusca single queen; (small colony)
x2 Unknown sp.; (founding)
x1 Temnothorax rugatalus (med colony)

TheFlynn01

Re: Colorado Nupital Flights

Post: # 22890Post TheFlynn01
Mon Jun 12, 2017 2:16 pm

Yup they are out for sure now! I caught a queen just today, and one yesterday! :D

Cal113
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Re: Colorado Nupital Flights

Post: # 22895Post Cal113
Mon Jun 12, 2017 3:08 pm

Where / When did you catch yours? Mine were, as mentioned, at dusk and in Westminister
Keeper of:

x3 Tetramorium caespitum queens (small colonies);
x1 Pogonomyrmex barbatus (med colony)
x1 Formica fusca single queen; (small colony)
x2 Unknown sp.; (founding)
x1 Temnothorax rugatalus (med colony)

TheFlynn01

Re: Colorado Nupital Flights

Post: # 22898Post TheFlynn01
Mon Jun 12, 2017 3:50 pm

Both were in the Springs, near Garden of the Gods, one in the afternoon 3ish and the other this morning at 10:00

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