Nuptial flight troubles

[perryismyname]

This is my first year with ant keeping and I am having a bit of trouble. My troubles is not with ant keeping itself because I have all sorts of materials to make formicariums and outworlds, my problem is with the nuptial flights and catching queens. I have 2 queens at the moment but I did not find them myself. My first queen I found under my ant keeping bag trying to make a nest and the second my buddy found. So I still have not caught a queen whilst on a queen hunting walk. I just wanted to ask some questions to make sure I am doing things right. First I live in Eugene Oregon and we have not had rain in the past month also there is no rain planned for the near future, how much is that going to affect normal nuptial flight schedules? What weather condition should I look for that would signal nuptial flights? Will all species nuptial flights get delayed until rain? Is my search pathway a good place to look? (I have left a direct link to the trail in google earth, you can see the pathway I walk and sometimes slowly bike, It follows the amazon creek) What should I look for in a queen hunting trail? Lastly am I too late for most common nuptial flights?
Google earth link to the pathway I walk commonly https://www.google.com/maps/place/Fern+ ... 08!5m1!1e4

[Batspiderfish]

I'm not sure how the rain affects the flights where you are, but rain is not a necessity for flights. Try to look on warm days when the humidity is higher than usual. Looking on dirt paths at the edge of forests or lakes is usually sufficient.