Nuptial Flights and Ant species in Iowa.

Where and when are you finding queen ants? A section to share nuptial flight schedules by ant species and locality

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IowaAntMan
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Location: Iowa

Nuptial Flights and Ant species in Iowa.

Post: # 48586Post IowaAntMan
Sun Aug 26, 2018 6:07 pm

Like the title says, im just looking for any information anyone mite have in relation to Nuptial flights, when they usually happen in Iowa, and what type of Ant species usually fly when. Thanks for any help any of you may be :)

AntsDakota
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Re: Nuptial Flights and Ant species in Iowa.

Post: # 48630Post AntsDakota
Mon Aug 27, 2018 12:49 pm

IowaAntMan wrote:
Sun Aug 26, 2018 6:07 pm
Like the title says, im just looking for any information anyone mite have in relation to Nuptial flights, when they usually happen in Iowa, and what type of Ant species usually fly when. Thanks for any help any of you may be :)
Prenolepis imparis fly in March-April, usually. But I wouldn't exactly know how common they are in Iowa. Camponotus fly in June. Formica and Tetramorium fly in July. Certain species of Lasius fly in August, but most fly in September. Myrmica can be found in September and sometimes Octobor.
"God made every kind of wild beasts and every kind of livestock and every kind of creeping things;" (including ants) "and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:25

IowaAntMan
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Re: Nuptial Flights and Ant species in Iowa.

Post: # 48668Post IowaAntMan
Tue Aug 28, 2018 1:07 am

Okay thank you very much. Trying to figure out the best time to go looking. :)

skelly2150
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Location: Dubuque, Iowa

Re: Nuptial Flights and Ant species in Iowa.

Post: # 59197Post skelly2150
Thu Jun 06, 2019 12:07 am

On the eastern side of Iowa in Dubuque we just had a great flight of camponotus pennsylvanicus. I spotted one in the kitchen buzzing around and went out and found dozens.

Ant108
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Re: Nuptial Flights and Ant species in Iowa.

Post: # 59246Post Ant108
Fri Jun 07, 2019 4:48 pm

Where in Iowa?
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skelly2150
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Location: Dubuque, Iowa

Re: Nuptial Flights and Ant species in Iowa.

Post: # 59756Post skelly2150
Sun Jun 23, 2019 11:03 pm

Dubuque is on the eastern side of Iowa along the Mississippi where the top tip of Illinois points to Iowa.

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