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.
Camponotus nuptial flights in California
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Camponotus nuptial flights in California
Keeper of:
3 young tetramorium colonies (30 to 40 workers each)
3 young tetramorium colonies (30 to 40 workers each)
Re: Camponotus nuptial flights in California
Mikey Bustos made a video on nuptial flight schedules. Check it out to see whats still going to flyIntotheAM wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2017 5:04 pmHello 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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfaK8TvM0qA
With all the things ants can do, you wonder, who rules the planet
Keeper of:
Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
Pheidole sp.
Keeper of:
Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
Pheidole sp.
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Re: Camponotus nuptial flights in California
Yeah well that's a generalization for all North America. It varies greatly by state.AntsRule wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2017 12:15 pmMikey Bustos made a video on nuptial flight schedules. Check it out to see whats still going to flyIntotheAM wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2017 5:04 pmHello 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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfaK8TvM0qA
Keeper of:
1x Camponotus Hyatti
1x Lasius alienus colonies
1x Tetramorium immigrans
1x Camponotus Hyatti
1x Lasius alienus colonies
1x Tetramorium immigrans
- Jadeninja9
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- Joined: Tue Feb 14, 2017 9:00 pm
- Location: SF Bay Area, California
Re: Camponotus nuptial flights in California
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.
Keeper of:
1x Camponotus Hyatti
1x Lasius alienus colonies
1x Tetramorium immigrans
1x Camponotus Hyatti
1x Lasius alienus colonies
1x Tetramorium immigrans
Re: Camponotus nuptial flights in California
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.
Re: Camponotus nuptial flights in California
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
[Have a look at antmaps.org]
-Miniature Military(formica neogagates)
-Black Hearts(crematogaster cerasi)
In search of new camponotus colony
[Have a look at antmaps.org]
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