Florida nuptial flights

[Bugcrusher]

Any sightings in central Florida? Looking for camponotus species.

[Kosh0606]

Only thing I've seen so far was a single fire ant colony with a few alates swarming the day after after a storm. I did manage to find a pair of termite alates after that same storm, so I'm giving them a try. Hopefully alates will start swarming soon as the weather starts warming up within the next month. I'd love to get a camponotus queen, they're right up there on my list with along with odontomachus. I'll keep my eyes out and try to come back here when I've found something.

[Kosh0606]

Just found the first queen ant of the nuptial season. She seemed very slow-moving, but I’m hoping that’s just because of the cold weather. I believe it’s a pheidole queen, found at 8:30 am on a clear day, temp. was about 56F. The hunt is on!

[Bugcrusher]

Most nests I have come across in and around Lakeland FL have a few alate adults, but more are still in the pupae stage. A week or three should see a queen Bonanza around here.

[DarkRaven]

I haven't seen anything yet up here in jacksonville!

[DarkRaven]

Tons of Fire Ant queens out here in jacksonville today. Caught 10 queens all in test tube setups. We will see if they are fertile!

[Tarantula]

I just found a queen carpenter ant in Ocala. Wanted to keep her, but im at work and have nothing to put her in. So, i ended up releasing her outside to find a new home.

[Miasmacloud]

Caught 16 fire ant queens after a big storm yesterday.

[DarkRaven]

Found a Camponotus sp. in my kitchen running around.... pleasant surprise! (Jacksonville, FL.)

[chart225]

Solenopsis invicta Port Saint Lucie. 2 queens caught one died, the other is laying many eggs. caught 2/15/21