Nuptial flight in eastern Washington
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Nuptial flight in eastern Washington
Found a couple of tetramorium queens in Spokane today July 7 at 6am stuck to rain droplets on my car. They were surly going to drown in the drops had I not saved them. Multiple drones were in stuck all over the car as well. Hope they got their groove on prior to getting stuck. Also found 5 egg producing camponotus modoc queens around June 1 in Spokane, WA. They flew mid day 1 pm -ish. What species should I be looking for next in my area? And what time of day? I'm new to the hobby, first year. Any direction to any content to new keepers is greatly appreciated.
Re: Nuptial flight in eastern Washington
Next for your area is Formica who, In my area, fly at around mid-day. I’m expecting Formica in 1 or 2 weeks. After that, in august should be mymica. They may also fly in late July.
Hope that helps!
Hope that helps!
Re: Nuptial flight in eastern Washington
Lol, my Formica in my yard just had a nuptial flight.
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It does. Thank you. Any idea on time of day for myrmica? Super interested in them. They are the closest to a fire ant in my area correct?
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I think mymica flight at night as the colonies in my yard are very in active at noon.
On the fire ant question, according to ant maps.org I have found that…
Solenopsis geminata needs verification in your area. (Apparently it’s indoor introduced in my area)
And solenopsis molesta which I was very exited to find out is native to not only both of our areas but all of North America! (I really want a colony of them) their common name is thief ant.
Another native species for you. In your area, solenopsis validiuscula is a native species!
That is all I could find for solenopsis in your area. If you want to see for yourself on what I found, go to ant maps:)
Hope that helps!
On the fire ant question, according to ant maps.org I have found that…
Solenopsis geminata needs verification in your area. (Apparently it’s indoor introduced in my area)
And solenopsis molesta which I was very exited to find out is native to not only both of our areas but all of North America! (I really want a colony of them) their common name is thief ant.
Another native species for you. In your area, solenopsis validiuscula is a native species!
That is all I could find for solenopsis in your area. If you want to see for yourself on what I found, go to ant maps:)
Hope that helps!
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