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        Last nuptial flights
    Days old: 
      <= 2
     
    2 - 3
     
    3 - 7
     
    7 - 15
     
    15 - 365
      >= 365
                            
                
                Formica subsericea (Wingless queen)Fort Collins, CO 80525, USA 
                    Atm. state:
    
Cloudy
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    20ºC - 68ºF
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Humidity:
    29%
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Wind:
    
Moderate
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Rain:
    
No
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Atm. pressure:
    
Low
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Lunar cycle:
    
 Waning Gibbous Moon
                 
                                    Notes: Odd finding considering the high wind and mild temperatures  | 
        
                
                Formica pallidefulva (Wingless queen)Parker, CO 80134, USA 
                    Atm. state:
    
Sunny
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    27ºC - 80.6ºF
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Humidity:
    17%
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Wind:
    
Light
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Rain:
    
No
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Atm. pressure:
    
Low
|
Lunar cycle:
    
 New Moon
                 
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                Tetramorium immigrans (Wingless queen)Grand Junction, CO 81504, USA 
                    Atm. state:
    
Sunny
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    22ºC - 71.6ºF
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Humidity:
    39%
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Wind:
    
Moderate
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Rain:
    
No
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Atm. pressure:
    
High
|
Lunar cycle:
    
 Waning Gibbous Moon
                 
                                    Notes: A spot that has worked for me before. Around town I have found a few dead queens also.  | 
        
                
                Myrmecocystus sp. (Wingless queen)Parker, CO 80134, USA 
                    Atm. state:
    
Overcast
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    9ºC - 48.2ºF
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Humidity:
    92%
|
Wind:
    
Light
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Rain:
    
Soft
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Atm. pressure:
    
High
|
Lunar cycle:
    
 New Moon
                 
                                    Notes: Melliger, I think? Single walking, wingless queen found  | 
        
                
                Formica obscuripes (Nuptial flight)M75C+98 Aurora, CO, USA 
                    Atm. state:
    
Sunny
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    15ºC - 59ºF
|
Humidity:
    29%
|
Wind:
    
Light air
|
Rain:
    
No
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Atm. pressure:
    
High
|
Lunar cycle:
    
 Waxing Gibbous Moon
                 
                                    Notes: Multiple separate nest mounds in the area (within 150 meters of each other) two nest mounds showing male alates, one nest mound with congregating queen alates.  | 
        
                
                Camponotus sp. (Prenuptial flight)Denver, CO 80224, USA 
                    Atm. state:
    
Sunny
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    27ºC - 80.6ºF
|
Humidity:
    15%
|
Wind:
    
Light air
|
Rain:
    
No
|
Atm. pressure:
     Not set
|
Lunar cycle:
    
 Waxing Crescent Moon
                 
                                    Notes: They’re getting ready to go in my backyard, and there’s at least a few hundred in this colony alone!  | 
        
                
                Unknown (Nuptial flight)
                    Atm. state:
    
Sunny
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    21ºC - 69.8ºF
|
Humidity:
    42%
|
Wind:
    
Calm
|
Rain:
    
No
|
Atm. pressure:
    
Low
|
Lunar cycle:
    
 Waxing Gibbous Moon
                 
                                    Notes: Found about 20 black carpenter ants who decided my bedroom made the best swarming spot. Mix of males and winged queens.  | 
        
                
                Camponotus descarpentriesi (Wingless queen)Centennial, CO 80112, USA 
                    Atm. state:
    
Overcast
|
    Not set
|
Humidity:
    Not set
|
Wind:
    
Moderate
|
Rain:
    
No
|
Atm. pressure:
    
Low
|
Lunar cycle:
    
 Last Quarter Moon
                 
                                    Notes: :D  | 
        
                
                Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Nuptial flight)Pueblo, CO 81001, USA 
                    Atm. state:
    
Sunny
|
    30ºC - 86ºF
|
Humidity:
    30%
|
Wind:
    
Light air
|
Rain:
    
No
|
Atm. pressure:
     Not set
|
Lunar cycle:
    
 Waning Crescent Moon
                 
                                    Notes: Queens just barely flew.  | 
        
                
                Tetramorium immigrans (Nuptial flight)Palo Alto, CA, USA 
                    Atm. state:
    
Sunny
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    21ºC - 69.8ºF
|
Humidity:
    59%
|
Wind:
    
Light
|
Rain:
    
No
|
Atm. pressure:
     Not set
|
Lunar cycle:
    
 Last Quarter Moon
                 
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