Southern California hot spots
I noticed quite a few members on this message board who live in California, which is where I live too. I am right by city called Castaic, which happens to be near Magic Mountian and about 45 minutes...
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It has been raining pretty hard lately, however, the weather is cool. Is it possible to find some queens after the rain?
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Nah, it's too cold and plus you won't find any winged ants in this season. /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Ant (AntDude -- Your Host) from The Ant Farm's Message Board.| |o o| | \ _ / The Ant Farm:...
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I agree, about the only thing that might be flying would be Prenolepis imparis. However if it warms up some after this rain there is a small chance of other species flying. " The most exciting phrase...
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You'll want to edit that to the correct spelling --Prenolepis. For some reason lots of people want to spell the root -lepis as the incorrect "-lepsis". Don't know why, but I've noticed it in plant...
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BAHhhhhhhhhhh thanks Dr. Ant. I make that mistake everytime I spell that name. my fingers get ahead of my brain and away we go. I have never seen Myrmecocystus flying in the fall, (I would not think...
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Today I went out hiking and it was about 45F degrees. I noticed an ant species along the road that I believe used to inhabit my yard before the argentines took over. I was wondering if anyone can...
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I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that it's a species of Myrmecocystus, or Honeypot Ant.Here is a Myrmecocystus that has the shiny pubescence on the abdomen that I think you...
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I live in southern cali in orange county 2 hrs away from magic i think there a mountain kalled kings canyon rite near saquia national park i been there every yr there alot of carpenter ants there i...
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The abdomen is similar, however, not as vivid as the metallic silver on that species. The head and thorax, however, are more brownish. Sorry, I really wish I could be more vivid. If I missed any key...
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Are you sure that it is only a 2 hour drive? I thought the forest was much farther. I have been there before and I saw huge carpenter ants there. I was very young and I thought all the big ants on the...
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I would guess it is Dorymyrmex either insanus or bicolor, they are really quick to get active after rain. Over the next couple of days many ants "should" become active as the weather is supposed to...
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When you say "active" do you mean that the workers will be foraging outside of their nests or will there be a few nuptial flights?
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yes there is a very good chance of it. " The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny....'" Isaac Asimov:
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It has been raining enough to get Pogonomyrmex subnitidus alates out and about... The rain stopped late Sunday night and Monday morning the sun came out brightly. By 11am there was a mass of alates,...
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Wow, this late in the year? It's like almost winter. /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Ant (AntDude -- Your Host) from The Ant Farm's Message Board.| |o o| | \ _ / The Ant Farm: http://antfarm.ma.cx ( )
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I have found that many of our california ants have alates in the nest pretty much all seasons, this way they can take advantage of conditions which appear appropriate, I think if the season had been...
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Seriously, AntDude, you Southern Californians "don't know from winter".Actually, it's almost winter here, too, but when it got up in the 60's F the other day, I saw some ants bringing up soil around...
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Dr Ant: I have been in northern states like Pennsylvania and New York in the winter seasons. Brrr!! /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Ant (AntDude -- Your Host) from The Ant Farm's Message Board.| |o o| | \ _ / The...
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Unfortunately I am not able to go tomorrow, the soonest is this Saturday. Is that too late?
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