It changes every year and it’s hard to tell, there is no perfect temperature or humidity.
They tend to fly around dusk or dawn.
If you want to you can keep a record of all of your experiences that can help you to learn about your area. (What I do.)
Good Luck!
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- Wed Sep 20, 2023 6:48 pm
- Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
- Topic: Camponotus Castaneus Catching Tips
- Replies: 4
- Views: 163
- Tue Sep 19, 2023 6:47 pm
- Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
- Topic: Camponotus Castaneus Catching Tips
- Replies: 4
- Views: 163
Re: Camponotus Castaneus Catching Tips
Watch the AntsCanada video if you can. He explains most of it.
Here is the link.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WfaK8TvM0qA&t=362s&pp=ygUaYW50c2NhbmFkYSBudXB0aWFsIGZsaWdodCA%3D
Here is the link.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WfaK8TvM0qA&t=362s&pp=ygUaYW50c2NhbmFkYSBudXB0aWFsIGZsaWdodCA%3D
- Tue Sep 19, 2023 6:45 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: How to raise Carpenter Ants to large numbers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 291
Re: How to raise Carpenter Ants to large numbers
That diet should have been perfect.
- Mon Sep 18, 2023 7:11 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Should I move my colony in a formicrariam yet?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 82
Re: Should I move my colony in a formicrariam yet?
Explained on other topic.
- Mon Sep 18, 2023 7:07 am
- Forum: Formicariums and Ant Setups
- Topic: Should I move my colony in a formicrariam yet?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 99
Re: Should I move my colony in a formicrariam yet?
I can’t see them very well but I think wait a half week then attach a VERY small nest that they can expand.
Nice colony.
Nice colony.

- Mon Sep 18, 2023 7:04 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: How to raise Carpenter Ants to large numbers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 291
Re: How to raise Carpenter Ants to large numbers
My guess is that the queen got stressed and the workers got mites or a disease that killed them or they just got old. And the eggs were killed before they could hatch. If you still have the bodies check and see if they have mites. I think that having a different colony might work better. But I don’t...
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:37 pm
- Forum: Ant Diet & Nutrition
- Topic: pavement ant colony not eating honey
- Replies: 2
- Views: 329
Re: pavement ant colony not eating honey
The queen and the workers need the protein the most, give them a little carb amount like 1 time a week. For the meet just keep giving them it every time they finish the last. Once they do the same thing with the carbs. The colony knows what it need so supply both if they are interested or decrease i...
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:33 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: How to raise Carpenter Ants to large numbers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 291
Re: How to raise Carpenter Ants to large numbers
She was probably infertile. Try with a different queen.
- Tue Sep 12, 2023 6:56 pm
- Forum: General Ant Talk
- Topic: Growth rate
- Replies: 2
- Views: 208
Re: Growth rate
How fast you would like your colony to grow.
- Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:19 am
- Forum: General Ant Talk
- Topic: Growth rate
- Replies: 2
- Views: 208
Growth rate
Please pick the amount of growth in a colony you like.