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Meat ant nuptial flights?
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2019 8:38 pm
by AusAnts
Hey, I was looking for queen ants at around 9am. I came across a Massive colony on meat ants. When I looked at the nest entrances I noticed there were male alates surfacing and resurfacing. I Also noticed the workers were building a mound of grass and leaves next to the nest. Are they preparing to have their nuptial flights?
Re: Meat ant nuptial flights?
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:37 pm
by Hawkeye
Sounds like it, but might be a test run.
Re: Meat ant nuptial flights?
Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2019 5:00 am
by AusAnts
thanks. It was a test run i think, they didn't fly. I was looking forward to catching a few.
Re: Meat ant nuptial flights?
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 10:59 pm
by AusAnts
I had heavy rain yesterday and it seems like a few hundred drones had surfaced (way more then the last few times i checked). I Also noticed that they were flying. But when i looked 1/2 hours later there was nothing. Could it be the large tempreture change that scared them off? or did they sense an oncoming storm thats brewing as i right this? I had a look around and found no queens.
Re: Meat ant nuptial flights?
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 10:57 am
by Hawkeye
AusAnts wrote: ↑Sat Dec 14, 2019 10:59 pm
I had heavy rain yesterday and it seems like a few hundred drones had surfaced (way more then the last few times i checked). I Also noticed that they were flying. But when i looked 1/2 hours later there was nothing. Could it be the large tempreture change that scared them off? or did they sense an oncoming storm thats brewing as i right this? I had a look around and found no queens.
Quite possibly the storm
Re: Meat ant nuptial flights?
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 3:56 pm
by AusAnts
hopefully, they will be flying this morning. I wanna catch some Queens of this species.
Re: Meat ant nuptial flights?
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2019 11:58 pm
by Hawkeye
AusAnts wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2019 3:56 pm
hopefully, they will be flying this morning. I wanna catch some Queens of this species.
Well keep us posted?
meanwhile you're more than welcome to join our Camponotus Crew thread if you'd like to exchange ideas and experiences with fellow ant keepers.
Re: Meat ant nuptial flights?
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2019 4:31 am
by AusAnts
Hawkeye wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2019 11:58 pm
AusAnts wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2019 3:56 pm
hopefully, they will be flying this morning. I wanna catch some Queens of this species.
Well keep us posted?
meanwhile you're more than welcome to join our Camponotus Crew thread if you'd like to exchange ideas and experiences with fellow ant keepers.
hopefully it will rain over the next few days, the forecast has a 40-60% chance of rain for each day. I will join the Camponotus crewm as I would really like a similar species of Camponotus consobrinus But I think i will have enough Queens ants after the iridomyrmex purpureus fly (meat ants).