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I also saw some Solenopsis Invicta alates poking their heads out of a nest, but no flights just yet! Seen in Charlotte, NC around 2/27.
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Solenopsis Invicta is flying in Charlotte, NC today. Unusually warm day.
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Camponotus semitestaceus had some small mating flights in Pinyon Pines, California, on the desert side of the San Jacinto Mountains, Sunday, March 16th.
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A small brown Nylanderia species flew today, beginning at around two. Males appeared only on a certain kind of oak (or occasional pine), and females arrived shortly thereafter, mated, and then flew off.
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Nice report, 123... Most No. Amer. Nylanderia fly in spring, so several possibilities in your area. Also, 75F and sunny today. I was in a lecture hall at a symposium all day, but came home to find a...
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Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus Laevigatus, and one other large, orange and black, ground-nesting Camponotus sp. had some pretty large nuptial flights in the higher elevation mountains of Southern CA...
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On May 2nd, Camponotus modoc and Camponotus laevigatus flew, accompanied by a smaller, unidentified Aphaenogaster or Myrmica species.
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In Alberta, Canada I saw a lot of Camponotus herculeanus alates looking out of a hole in a tree. I expect to see a big flight on the first hot and non-rainy day we have.
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I saw a Cyphomyrmex rimosus female alate this morning here in Mobile, AL. When I scooped her up I did not see a moss piece in her mandibles. I would assume they take a piece with them. She still had...
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Do Cyphomyrmex keep it in their mandibles as opposed to a pouch inside their mouth like Acromyrmex do?
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Camponotus herculeanus flew by the hundreds on May 21 in Athabasca, AB. The flight started at 3pm and ended at 9pm. 25°C with some clouds. I have heard from friends that they were flying in several...
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Not sure on the Cyphomyrmex dpsdrew! Mating chart info. I saw many Camponotus castaneus male alates this morning on the windows where I work and on the McDonalds close by. They were not as numerous as...
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In the past week here, Solenopsis invicta, S. geminata, several Pheidole, Brachymyrmex patagonicus, and a small, orangish ant have ether had adult alates in the nest or have flown. One of the smaller...
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Pogonomyrmex californicus (desert bicolor variety) were flying in Palmdale, California today around 4:00 pm. This was after a large thunderstorm blew through there two days ago dumping an inch of rain...
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dspdrew wrote:Pogonomyrmex californicus (desert bicolor variety) were flying in Palmdale, California today around 4:00 pm. This was after a large thunderstorm blew through there two days ago dumping...
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Wasmannia Auropunctata flew yesterday! Israel, In the center (Holon). I do not recommend this species! very small and hard to observe.
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The past 2 weeks of May have been rather active, with nuptials taking place almost every morning and evening, the largest of which has occurred on the warmest/humid of either period. The first ants to...
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Pogonomyrmex badius just swarmed. I was watching a mature nest, and at about 12 pm, mature males and females started to clump around the surrounding grass in large numbers. The males all flew off...
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The pavement ants (Tetramorium caespitum) were having a nuptial flight this morning (around 5:30 a.m.), here in Phillipsburg, N.J. It was undoubtedly the end of it. The ants weren't really out in...
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Hi guys. I don't have any nuptial flights to report, and instead, I have a question about Formica subsericea flights. I have never witnessed their flights and I don't know when they start flying here...
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