Important question on componotus nuptial flights!!!
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Important question on componotus nuptial flights!!!
In the most recent AntsCanada video, Mikey catches componotus queens which normally fly in late spring or early summer so what are they doing flying out now???
Founding:
-3 tetramorium queens
-1 Formica queen
-4 groups of acorn ant queens (they're polygenous)
Super excited to start this amazing hobby
-3 tetramorium queens
-1 Formica queen
-4 groups of acorn ant queens (they're polygenous)
Super excited to start this amazing hobby
- Jadeninja9
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Re: Important question on componotus nuptial flights!!!
You can still find them flying. On his channel, he just caught like 6 Camponotus pennsylvanicus queens in Toronto, Canada.
Keeper of:
1x Camponotus Hyatti
1x Lasius alienus colonies
1x Tetramorium immigrans
1x Camponotus Hyatti
1x Lasius alienus colonies
1x Tetramorium immigrans
Re: Important question on componotus nuptial flights!!!
That's what I was asking about, why do they have two separate nuptial flights?Jadeninja9 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 05, 2017 3:28 pmYou can still find them flying. On his channel, he just caught like 6 Camponotus pennsylvanicus queens in Toronto, Canada.
Founding:
-3 tetramorium queens
-1 Formica queen
-4 groups of acorn ant queens (they're polygenous)
Super excited to start this amazing hobby
-3 tetramorium queens
-1 Formica queen
-4 groups of acorn ant queens (they're polygenous)
Super excited to start this amazing hobby
- ACaseoftheMondays
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- Location: Northern Colorado
Re: Important question on componotus nuptial flights!!!
Not only do different colonies fly on different days, most colonies have multiple nuptial flights. The term 'nuptial flight' does not mean that each species only flies once per year, all at the same time.Ants500 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 05, 2017 4:00 pmThat's what I was asking about, why do they have two separate nuptial flights?Jadeninja9 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 05, 2017 3:28 pmYou can still find them flying. On his channel, he just caught like 6 Camponotus pennsylvanicus queens in Toronto, Canada.
Founding:
Pogonomyrmex Occidentalis
Solenopsis Molesta
Formica Argentea
Lasius Flavus
Colonies:
Tetramorium sp.E
Pogonomyrmex Occidentalis
Solenopsis Molesta
Formica Argentea
Lasius Flavus
Colonies:
Tetramorium sp.E
Re: Important question on componotus nuptial flights!!!
I meant two separate nuptial flight seasons, as in componotus queens have to separate nuptial flight seasons, 1 in spring to early summer and 1 in late summer.ACaseoftheMondays wrote: ↑Sat Aug 05, 2017 5:42 pmNot only do different colonies fly on different days, most colonies have multiple nuptial flights. The term 'nuptial flight' does not mean that each species only flies once per year, all at the same time.Ants500 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 05, 2017 4:00 pmThat's what I was asking about, why do they have two separate nuptial flights?Jadeninja9 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 05, 2017 3:28 pmYou can still find them flying. On his channel, he just caught like 6 Camponotus pennsylvanicus queens in Toronto, Canada.
Founding:
-3 tetramorium queens
-1 Formica queen
-4 groups of acorn ant queens (they're polygenous)
Super excited to start this amazing hobby
-3 tetramorium queens
-1 Formica queen
-4 groups of acorn ant queens (they're polygenous)
Super excited to start this amazing hobby
Re: Important question on componotus nuptial flights!!!
There are many different kinds of Camponotus. Each subspecies flies at different times. Where I am, C. laevigatus flew a week or two after C. modoc. Some fly later and some can fly twice or not at all if the environment doesn't support it. The nuptial schedules are a guideline.
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