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In the last post, I looked at carpenter ants overwintering in upstate New York. Here is Chandler, Arizona the temperatures the day this was taken ranged from a low of 45° F (7° C) to a high of 78° F (26° C). What are the ants doing here? Any activity at this Pogonomyrex harvester ant nest? Can you [...] Last week I got a peek at where Camponotus pennsylvanicus carpenter ants spend the winter. The temperatures were hovering around freezing in upstate New York, where I was helping someone spit firewood. When the wood split, occasionally we would find tunnels, hardly more than grooves in the wood, packed with ants. Although the ants look like they [...] Even though it was cold enough to wear a jacket, the harvester ants were still active at the San Pedro River area. This is the day after Thanksgiving. Funny, the leafcutters were moving very slowly at much higher temperatures over a month before. The ants are still active here, but I haven’t had much to report. In an effort to get back in the swing of things, I will be posting some short notes. Do you know what this is? I tipped over a rock near a Southern fire ant nest and found this cache of tiny seeds. It [...] |
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