arcfyre
Nurse Ant 
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Country: south africa
Pets: ants
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Post by arcfyre on Sept 9, 2014 12:16:07 GMT
I checked and I only noticed 2 types of ants in my area...small black sugar ants and a few brown(reddish) ants...I have my eye on the reddish ones for the nuptial flight...anyway...then I occasionally see one big lonely ant ( I mean huge ) wondering in my house against the walls...wish I had taken a photo...will all type of ants have their flight the same time or will it happen separately? Will there be different types of ant queens in one nuptial flight?
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Post by James O'Neill on Sept 9, 2014 12:35:37 GMT
Different species have their nuptials at different times., and some nuptials can be extended over months, and some can be only for a few days. The large solitary ant is likely to be a queen looking for a place to set up shop - if she has a proportionately large thorax, then she's a queen.
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arcfyre
Nurse Ant
Posts: 103
Country: south africa
Pets: ants
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Post by arcfyre on Sept 9, 2014 12:45:36 GMT
Aaaa nooo. Wish I new that! She was beautiful! My wife killed 2 of them...she was afraid for our son. Well I didn't know any better either...
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