Camponotus nuptial flights in California

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IntotheAM
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Camponotus nuptial flights in California

Post: # 28674Post IntotheAM
Thu Aug 10, 2017 5:04 pm

Hello Everyone,

I am new to ant keeping and right now I have four tetramorium queens that are doing really well. Each queen has about 12 or more workers, which makes me very excited and happy, however, I am hoping to get more diversity in my ant keeping. I have been trying to find a camponotus queen for weeks but have been unable to. Does anyone know if they are still flying in northern California and what suggestions do you all recommend to help finding one?

Appreciate any responses.
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Re: Camponotus nuptial flights in California

Post: # 29452Post AntsRule
Fri Aug 18, 2017 12:15 pm

IntotheAM wrote:
Thu Aug 10, 2017 5:04 pm
Hello Everyone,

I am new to ant keeping and right now I have four tetramorium queens that are doing really well. Each queen has about 12 or more workers, which makes me very excited and happy, however, I am hoping to get more diversity in my ant keeping. I have been trying to find a camponotus queen for weeks but have been unable to. Does anyone know if they are still flying in northern California and what suggestions do you all recommend to help finding one?

Appreciate any responses.
Mikey Bustos made a video on nuptial flight schedules. Check it out to see whats still going to fly :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfaK8TvM0qA
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Jadeninja9
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Re: Camponotus nuptial flights in California

Post: # 29492Post Jadeninja9
Fri Aug 18, 2017 7:26 pm

AntsRule wrote:
Fri Aug 18, 2017 12:15 pm
IntotheAM wrote:
Thu Aug 10, 2017 5:04 pm
Hello Everyone,

I am new to ant keeping and right now I have four tetramorium queens that are doing really well. Each queen has about 12 or more workers, which makes me very excited and happy, however, I am hoping to get more diversity in my ant keeping. I have been trying to find a camponotus queen for weeks but have been unable to. Does anyone know if they are still flying in northern California and what suggestions do you all recommend to help finding one?

Appreciate any responses.
Mikey Bustos made a video on nuptial flight schedules. Check it out to see whats still going to fly :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfaK8TvM0qA
Yeah well that's a generalization for all North America. It varies greatly by state.
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Jadeninja9
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Re: Camponotus nuptial flights in California

Post: # 29493Post Jadeninja9
Fri Aug 18, 2017 7:30 pm

I saw a Camponotus queen on July 22nd but missed the opportunity to catch her. I saw a dead Formica ravida queen on July 29th. I found Lasius alienus queens on August 3rd. I don't know if they're still flying, but I'm sure you can still find Formica and Lasius flying.
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tdoukas
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Re: Camponotus nuptial flights in California

Post: # 74754Post tdoukas
Fri Dec 11, 2020 12:25 pm

I noticed this post is 3 years old, but wanted to comment that I found a Camponotus queen March 2019 in the SF bay area, CA. She produced about 15 workers in a test tube over the next year.

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Re: Camponotus nuptial flights in California

Post: # 74755Post AM1C39
Fri Dec 11, 2020 12:38 pm

June, July and august are wen you can usually find them.
My current colonies:
-Miniature Military(formica neogagates)
-Black Hearts(crematogaster cerasi)
In search of new camponotus colony
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