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- Wed Apr 18, 2018 12:33 pm
- Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
- Topic: OH-KY-IN-IL-MI Nuptial Flight Sightings
- Replies: 191
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Re: OH-KY-IN-IL-MI Nuptial Flight Sightings
I've scouted about 50+ Prenolepis imparis colonies and all of them have emptied out their drones and female alates. I've looked everywhere from under leaves, logs, rocks, and holes in the ground and all I've found are 3 dead queens being eaten by aphaenogaster colonies, dead drones, in webbing, live...
- Thu Apr 12, 2018 9:43 pm
- Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
- Topic: OH-KY-IN-IL-MI Nuptial Flight Sightings
- Replies: 191
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Re: OH-KY-IN-IL-MI Nuptial Flight Sightings
They flew here in Southern Illinois/St. Louis area yesterday or the day before. I've found one dead queen and tones of dead drones but not a single queen. I've looked everywhere under every log and under leaves all over the place. I've probably cover a good 30 square meters
- Tue Mar 06, 2018 4:04 pm
- Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
- Topic: OH-KY-IN-IL-MI Nuptial Flight Sightings
- Replies: 191
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Re: OH-KY-IN-IL-MI Nuptial Flight Sightings
I have a colony somewhere in or near my yard but haven't seen any alates nor do I know where the colony is but there is a park about 8 miles away around Fairview Hieghts that i frequent and there are several colonies with active alates still swarming near the entrances. It keeps pouring rain delayin...
- Sat Mar 03, 2018 8:41 pm
- Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
- Topic: OH-KY-IN-IL-MI Nuptial Flight Sightings
- Replies: 191
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Re: OH-KY-IN-IL-MI Nuptial Flight Sightings
I've been keeping an eye on a few active Prenolepis Imparis colonies to get a good idea of when they are going to fly. I checked them yesterday and the elates are still chilling in the colonies. This is in illinois around STL
- Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:28 pm
- Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
- Topic: OH-KY-IN-IL-MI Nuptial Flight Sightings
- Replies: 191
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Re: OH-KY-IN-IL-MI Nuptial Flight Sightings
so far it's rained so Imparis flights have been delayed by weather. All wild colonies I've located still have elates swarming near their entrances. Also about the Lasius lol I've found 40+ parasitic queens too... claviger, Interjectus , and Umbratus 30 of the claviger queens were in a Niger colony s...
- Sun Feb 25, 2018 10:16 pm
- Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
- Topic: OH-KY-IN-IL-MI Nuptial Flight Sightings
- Replies: 191
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Re: OH-KY-IN-IL-MI Nuptial Flight Sightings
For anyone in Illinois or the STL area. I was at the park earlier today and prenolepis imparis aka winter ants were swarming around the entrances of their nests. Expect nuptiual flights over the next 2 days
- Fri Feb 23, 2018 2:10 pm
- Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
- Topic: OH-KY-IN-IL-MI Nuptial Flight Sightings
- Replies: 191
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Re: OH-KY-IN-IL-MI Nuptial Flight Sightings
Haven't seen any Prenolepis imparis flights yet here in Illinois but hoping soon. I have found several Lasius umbratus, Interjectus, and Claviger queens. Rolled a log over and found a small Lasius Niger colony with a dead queen swarmed with several parasite queens of all 3 species mentioned so tried...
- Fri Feb 23, 2018 1:15 pm
- Forum: The GAN Project (Global Ant Nursery)
- Topic: Illinois Ant locations and/or GAN farmers
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7982
Illinois Ant locations and/or GAN farmers
Hello guys I live in illinois and I'm looking to acquire a Prenolepis imparis and Trachymyrmex septentrionalis colony. I'm hoping to find locations where flights are know to occur and get in as close proximity to those areas as I can. Currently waiting for Prenolepis imparis flights and hoping to ca...
- Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:21 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Tips on Formica Plz
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1783
Re: Tips on Formica Plz
Keep them in a calm dark area while they are in their founding testube. Don't stress them or they'll eat the eggs
- Wed Aug 02, 2017 9:57 am
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Hey I could use some help identifying a few queens.
- Replies: 12
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Re: Hey I could use some help identifying a few queens.
#3&4 look like Formica subsericea