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Found this queen in a driveway on the way back to my work van luckily homeowner didn't see ( hard to explain to a customer why the person installing their equipment is catching ants in a cup). It was just after noon and yesterday had thunderstorms. Today was 72 and partly sunny with slight breeze. ...

Found this queen in a driveway on the way back to my work van luckily homeowner didn't see ( hard to explain to a customer why the person installing their equipment is catching ants in a cup). It was just after noon and yesterday had thunderstorms. Today was 72 and partly sunny with slight breeze. T...

Big thunderstorms through new york late yesterday evening but temps dropped to 65, Today is supposed to be sunny and 70+ degrees f so hoping for some action this afternoon. Arizona had a pennsylvanacis flight it seems yesterday.

In ny that usually happens in August with brachymyrmex dipilis

These are the 2 Camponotus novaeboracensis queens I caught on May 22nd. The second queen was caught on the path I have photographed in the album to show the kinds of places I like to search. That queen was found on that path at around 330 pm.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/N7qGcmWUk3HWWRZr5

I have only seen one brachymyrmex queen, idk if it was from a flight it was just a dark brown one on the side of a shed. When I had tried to capture her, she had quickly escaped into a crack in the wood and I never saw her again lol.

The video on how to post pics is private now how do I get pics posted onto the forum?

I've caught all of my camponotus in New York between 1-5 pm so far, I've only seen a couple males at night.

Camponotus I believe are a great species species to start with catching, it's pretty hard to miss those giant queens and gets you used to seeing the differences in shape and movement of queens. Campo super majors can get me confused from a far early season because they are so large. I think it depen...

In Central NY finally Camponotus Novaeboracensis! Just caught one on the way into the store. It is humid but 90 degrees! Hoping you find more at home where I live in the woods.