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It was threatening rain last night and the humidity was way up. I knew the alates would be flying, so I dragged the family to the Hassayampa River Preserve near Wickenburg, Arizona. By the time we arrived just before 8:00 a.m., some of the ants were escorting the alates back to the nest.
Do I have an ant queen? What does an ant queen look like? Because I frequently am asked these questions by beginning ant enthusiasts, let’s go over what you need to look for to tell if the ant you have seen or captured is a queen. (Note: this guide is for ants with a morphologically distinct queen. [...] Today we have a question for the Consult-Ant: My little sister has recently found me (clever girl!) 4 ant queens from various places around my garden . Being so little she can spot them a lot more easily ha ha! I have recently (cheekly) ‘robbed’ coccoons for them from a neigbouring/non-family nest and put them [...] Many people want to know where they can find a queen ant. Here in Phoenix the ant nests are filled with alates (winged ants) ready to swarm in late July and August. In the day or so after a strong thundershower, called “monsoons” here, it is easy to find queens running across the ground looking for spots [...] |
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