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Hi guys,
I found an ant yesterday during my way back home.
Is thr any way i can share the photo to identify whether is it a male or female?

Thanks.

xiangzai94 wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 20, 2018 5:05 am

Hi guys,
I found an ant yesterday during my way back home.
Is thr any way i can share the photo to identify whether is it a male or female?

Thanks.

Start your own ID Thread and find out how to post photos by using imgur.com.

I’ve found five, although let one go. They were all caught either in my garden or in my sisters garden. I really didn’t have to go far!

My garden has a paved patio, so I would stand back and watch for movement. I was prepared to go searching in the woodland and meadow behind my house, but they were happy enough to come to me.

Nuptial swarms is easy to spot, but I suspect some of the simplest swarms to see here I live, is male-only, Myrmica rubra.
What gender of ant which makes nuptial swarms varies a bit, it seems from a Google. I thought I was capturing a few Queens and leaving 1 or 2 males along them, and seems I got males only from the swarm, similar to gnats, the ants of Myrmica only have male swarms.
I also captured what i *thought* was ants mating, but I doubt they were....

So look for swarms, but don't capture male alates! Look around the swarm, etc. Unless you know the species you look at, got queen-only flights.

Okay I am from Ireland so our flights can be a little off compared to the rest of Europe. But from June right up to Sunday just gone Lasius Niger's have been flying on and off, very easy to spot the swarms as they are very common here. These generally have the highest peak of swarms around 5 - 6pm making catching queens so easy because they do be still walking around looking for new spot to dig the following afternoon. Housing estates along the path (sidewalk for Americans) seem to be the best bet for black garden ants and for me walking up the hills a small bit was good to find 2 Myrmica queens.

Determination and patience is all you need.

found about 10 iridomyrmex sp Queens over the last 5 weeks or so... Very common species in Australia. might needa join the gan project soon.

Hello,
I live in central Oklahoma and have been searching since February for any queen ants I can get my hands on. However, I have found nothing. I have walked several different paths after rain on warm days and still, there is nothing around. Anything I should try and do to increase my chances of finding a queen this year?

Thanks

Hello

Does anyone know the specifics of a Formica fusca nuptial flight
Formica fusca is very common where I live and I really want to catch a queen this year

Any other tips for Formica fusca

Is Formica fusca supposed to be poligimus
Most of the colonies I find have multiple queens

Ants500 wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 21, 2017 3:22 pm

Does anyone have tips for finding queens during nuptial flight, I've tried all summer and found only 1 camponotus queen! It seems like the only way to is just random wandering, is there any other method to finding them?

you are so lucky i spend 4 hours searching per week and it has been over a year i checked the nuptial flight schedule of my region and
I have FOUND NON
and please if anyone knows how to catch queen ants in saudi arabia plz tell me here
https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?t=17904

I caught one today. Found it early this morning being chased by a lizard,the lizard took off when it saw me coming to scoop up the queen.
Queen has yet to be Identified.