'Tis the season of Formica (North America) Nuptial Flights
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'Tis the season of Formica (North America) Nuptial Flights
Hello ant lover from North America,
We have been getting a lot of reports and queen ant collection ID for various Formica species this month. For those in North America, keep your eyes open for Formica queens.
Good luck!
Mikey
We have been getting a lot of reports and queen ant collection ID for various Formica species this month. For those in North America, keep your eyes open for Formica queens.
Good luck!
Mikey
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Re: 'Tis the season of Formica (North America) Nuptial Flights
I'm in Winnipeg, Manitoba ( Canada ) and I can confirm that at the very least Camponotus are flying about. I've caught 7 so far from just walking around at work.
Looking for a fire ant queen in Manitoba.
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Why are you people so lucky? I just got back from walking around outside where I only saw 1 ant, wasn't even a queen and it might have just been a wingless wasp. This includes stalking around several "anthills" and checking under stones/rocks looking behind buildings and in part of a field.KingAnt wrote:I'm in Winnipeg, Manitoba ( Canada ) and I can confirm that at the very least Camponotus are flying about. I've caught 7 so far from just walking around at work.
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Cronolgical wrote:Why are you people so lucky? I just got back from walking around outside where I only saw 1 ant, wasn't even a queen and it might have just been a wingless wasp. This includes stalking around several "anthills" and checking under stones/rocks looking behind buildings and in part of a field.
I went to parks that are wooded, don't always stay on the paths. I went out and lifted old logs and what not. Got pretty dirty.
Looking for a fire ant queen in Manitoba.
Re: 'Tis the season of Formica (North America) Nuptial Flights
I just caught a Monomorium pharaohs queen which is my DREAM COLONY!!!
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Did you hear about the Pharaohs ant colony this guy has (He runs around on Reddit called the "Pharaoh king")Sasqwash13 wrote:pharaohs queen which is my DREAM COLONY!!!
He has a pharaoh nest of over 100,000 current ants (Estimated)
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I will have to look him up! thanks
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Speaking of Nuptial flights I found this GREAT LIST for referencing when species typically fly!
http://www.ameisenhaltung.de/schwarmflug/
This is super helpful everyone should check it for authentication but it looks accurate to me.
http://www.ameisenhaltung.de/schwarmflug/
This is super helpful everyone should check it for authentication but it looks accurate to me.
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Hey man this might of just helped me big time I'm trying to find lasuis niger but am not finding them. Now that you have mentioned this I might find some.Cronolgical wrote:Speaking of Nuptial flights I found this GREAT LIST for referencing when species typically fly!
http://www.ameisenhaltung.de/schwarmflug/
This is super helpful everyone should check it for authentication but it looks accurate to me.
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I just wana find a "Thief Ant" their color is so cool!Antscanada73 wrote:Hey man this might of just helped me big time I'm trying to find lasuis niger but am not finding them. Now that you have mentioned this I might find some.Cronolgical wrote:Speaking of Nuptial flights I found this GREAT LIST for referencing when species typically fly!
http://www.ameisenhaltung.de/schwarmflug/
This is super helpful everyone should check it for authentication but it looks accurate to me.
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