Massive Nupital Flight
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Massive Nupital Flight
Massive nupital flight in Australia in the state of Victoria. I caught about ten queens. They look to be of the Iridomyrmex “rainbow ants” genus. They were just wondering and flying all over the place many with males. I saw it happened in the Maryborough region of VIC.
Re: Massive Nupital Flight
Im in adelaide and the pheidole sp are having a massive nuptial flight right now.
2x iridomyrmex purpureus
1x rhytydoponera metallica
1x camponotus consibrinis
1x myrmecia pyriformis
1x iridomyrmex bickneli
2x pheidole sp
1x rhytydoponera metallica
1x camponotus consibrinis
1x myrmecia pyriformis
1x iridomyrmex bickneli
2x pheidole sp
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As man! I live in michigan and my dream colony is a big headed ant colony. But then again, if i have them then they will be an invasive species in my area tho.
Ant Colonies I Own :
(Prenolepis imparis)--Subzero
(Tetramorium immigrans)--The Concrete Angles
(Formica neogagates)--The Unyielding Legion
(Prenolepis imparis)--Subzero
(Tetramorium immigrans)--The Concrete Angles
(Formica neogagates)--The Unyielding Legion
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Most ants in my area are still in hibernation.
My current colonies:
-Miniature Military(formica neogagates)
-Black Hearts(crematogaster cerasi)
In search of new camponotus colony
[Have a look at antmaps.org]
-Miniature Military(formica neogagates)
-Black Hearts(crematogaster cerasi)
In search of new camponotus colony
[Have a look at antmaps.org]
Re: Massive Nupital Flight
Yeah I may have got too excited and collected to many queens. However pheidole are polygynous so I am trying to start a couple of multi-queen colonies.
2x iridomyrmex purpureus
1x rhytydoponera metallica
1x camponotus consibrinis
1x myrmecia pyriformis
1x iridomyrmex bickneli
2x pheidole sp
1x rhytydoponera metallica
1x camponotus consibrinis
1x myrmecia pyriformis
1x iridomyrmex bickneli
2x pheidole sp
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That’s true I definitely got carried away as well but good thing is they are native so you can always release them back to the wild.
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Myrmecia are also flying right now in adelaide. Picked up 2 pyriformis queens today.
2x iridomyrmex purpureus
1x rhytydoponera metallica
1x camponotus consibrinis
1x myrmecia pyriformis
1x iridomyrmex bickneli
2x pheidole sp
1x rhytydoponera metallica
1x camponotus consibrinis
1x myrmecia pyriformis
1x iridomyrmex bickneli
2x pheidole sp
Re: Massive Nupital Flight
Lucky, I’ve been searching all over for Bullants I found a few when I was down suburbia way (all workers though) but now I’m back in the countryside and I don’t find as many down here unfortunately. Happened that Pheidole also had a nuptial flight in VIC too I found a queen today.
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