Midwest Sightings Thread

[QJH2023]

hello from Minnesota

looks like camponotus will fly any day now! so keep a watch on local ant colonys. and if you see any flights in the Midwestern states le us know.

[PlantManMike]

CabboAntsGuy, hi. I'm in outagamie, so a few hours away from where you're at. I've been out looking today and found 2 kinds of formica. I brought my magnification jar along to help get IDs. On my way backI noticed a different looking one. I scooped it up to check it out and saw wing scars! Not sure on ID yet. I'll dig into that soon!

[Awakebyjav]

Hey all! New here, looking around for flights in Northern Indiana. Hope to find some ants to care for!

[QJH2023]

nuptial flight alert! I don't know what species it is I live in Minnesota here are some images

[chirotox]

Southwestern Michigan checking in, was snowing a little earlier in the week but just flurries. warming up and 70 today but raining on and off. no Queen ants seen yet

[CabboAntsGuy]

Camponotus Pennsylvanicus queens spotted in the Wisconsin Dells. One caught in the area I live in.

[QJH2023]

camponotus nov. sighting in Minnesota 10 queens collected so far

[CabboAntsGuy]

Where are you from QJH2023, I mean what part of Min?

[QJH2023]

west central but one thing to note is this out of all my 8 years of anting I've never seen anything like this before for three days so far they have been flying on and off at what appear to be totally random times I've caught 17 so far but it is so weird It is 9 o`clock and I seen one with wings in previous years they would have massive flight I typically caught 50 or so this slow paced flying is killing me this is supposed to be my biggest flight of the year

[CabboAntsGuy]

do you actually keep all of those until they become colonies?