McK: (6. Jun 2007 16:42)

you should have done that but maby you will get lycky.

If nothing happens in the next days, I will set them free ;)

But on the other hand, a couple of hours ago the sun started to shine and now there are thousands of them on the ground and in the air.

I attached a picture.

hypervelocity: (6. Jun 2007 20:21)

Hi all,

Good picture here.
Try to find a wingless queen ant on the floor.

McK: (6. Jun 2007 21:36)

Try to find a wingless queen ant on the floor.

I looked all afternoon, but I wasn't able to find one...
But I took a rather awesome picture if I say it myself of niger workers feasting on sugar ;)

hypervelocity: (7. Jun 2007 10:24)

HI all,

Oh well, nice try to finding a wingless queen.
Nice picture though. :-)

JimmyVe: (7. Jun 2007 21:24)

Now days it is the perfect weather for swarm time, keep your eyes open. and only catch the wingless queens. (males are not good)

Skippy: (8. Jun 2007 15:26)

@ hypervelocity ... I think it wrote Jimmy ;)

-yes ,Lasius niger will have swarm time sometimes at this month ,last year it was in Slovakia 23.6. .... In Germany or in England it will be ca sometimes at the end of month.

Skippy

JimmyVe: (8. Jun 2007 17:48)

;) that is okay. lol

I captured a queen myself today, don't know the species, i will post a picture later.
(i told you the weather was perfect. ;) )

Kiam: (8. Jun 2007 18:00)

So does it have to rain first for a day or so then next day be very sunny to make them come out?

JimmyVe: (9. Jun 2007 10:42)

in summer (or spring) if there are warm days, if it is going to rain or just did, the ground is not so hard, so the queens can easily dig themselves in. So there instincts say them to fly with this weather. ;)