ANTSTORE World of Ants

[delete-14751]

Have you seen any queens about yet? Say your area and when!

[gabranth]

nope not a single one

[miszt]

Shame I have not had time to finish off the upgrades to the nuptial flights database, will try and do it this weekend!

[KiamCameron]

I have a feeling it might be today in my area as there was thunder and raining hard

[Ant mad]

over the last 2-3days i'v been seeing Lasius niger queen walking around 1or2 without wings but the rest with wings? not near any of the nests i have in my garden tho?

[Deveant]

When Myrmica rubra queen season?

[JimmyVe]

The complete month august.

[highered]

Laisus niger are on their nupital flight today in the south of England quite early in the morning at about 9:30am. Some people said it wouldn't happen until about the end of August but I said end of July and have been proved right.

[gabranth]

its mid july

[rupertv]

There's stacks of them (I presume Lasius Niger) in the Ipswich area today - having to tread very carefully outside so as not to squish them.

[miszt]

Do we REALY need ANOTHER nuptial flights thread? there are so many others on the go already, it just makes the forum harder to read, espcially for people who cant be bothered to use search......Jimmy could you merge them all?

As it goes highered, nuptial flights occour at diffrent times accross the country, there where flights in the SW of england at the end of June, early July in Lancashire and wales, a few weeks ago again in Wales, and SE england, and now London and mid-england, and wherever u are, some flights will occour as late as August, depending on the weather and the local area. No one said they wont happen till the end of august, they said they may not happen until the end of august, and that was based on experience and understanding of how nuptial flights occour, but its pretty much always a guess next year it will be diffrent again

[SteveUK28]

and here in South Wales.. Newport area!

[Uncletommy]

Oxford UK, lasius niger and Flavus 22nd and 23rd July

[Phasmid]

Seaford, East Sussex, I caught loads of Lasius niger queens, just from my garden!
(all mated of course )

[Antlord]

Tervuren, Belgium
Lasius niger and Lasius flavus were flying out today.
I caught a couple of L. flavus queens!