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Last nuptial flights
Days old:
<= 2
2 - 3
3 - 7
7 - 15
15 - 365
>= 365
Camponotus foreli (Prenuptial flight)12002 Castelló de la Plana, Castelló, Spain
Atm. state:
Cloudy
|
30ºC - 86ºF
|
Humidity:
78%
|
Wind:
Gentle
|
Rain:
Soft
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Atm. pressure:
Medium
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Lunar cycle:
Full Moon
Notes: Premating flights antivity observed in various nests around the city. Both males and gynes alates seen from 20:25 till dawn, while still cloudy. Located on remote parks and open field zones. |
Camponotus aethiops (Nuptial flight)12005 Castelló de la Plana, Castelló, Spain
Atm. state:
Cloudy
|
30ºC - 86ºF
|
Humidity:
72%
|
Wind:
Gentle
|
Rain:
No
|
Atm. pressure:
Low
|
Lunar cycle:
Waxing Crescent Moon
Notes: Numerous C.aethiops unwinged gynes seen through the sidewalks next to open field before sunset. |
Tetramorium semilaeve (Nuptial flight)12002 Castelló de la Plana, Castelló, Spain
Atm. state:
Mostly clear
|
26ºC - 78.8ºF
|
Humidity:
61%
|
Wind:
Light air
|
Rain:
No
|
Atm. pressure:
Low
|
Lunar cycle:
First Quarter Moon
Notes: Numerous mated gynes running around the ground. Well observable before dusk, on open park areas, all through paved paths. Matching flights with those of Pheidole pallidula. |
Pheidole pallidula (Nuptial flight)12002 Castelló de la Plana, Castelló, Spain
Atm. state:
Mostly clear
|
26ºC - 78.8ºF
|
Humidity:
61%
|
Wind:
Light air
|
Rain:
No
|
Atm. pressure:
Low
|
Lunar cycle:
First Quarter Moon
Notes: Numerous mated gynes running around the ground. Well observable before dusk, on open park areas, all through paved paths. Matching flights with those of Tetramorium semilaeve. |
Cataglyphis iberica (Nuptial flight)12002 Castelló de la Plana, Castelló, Spain
Atm. state:
Sunny
|
27ºC - 80.6ºF
|
Humidity:
65%
|
Wind:
Light air
|
Rain:
No
|
Atm. pressure:
Medium
|
Lunar cycle:
Waxing Crescent Moon
Notes: A unique unwinged queen seen today, running under the sun on a clear track. Some more drones later, climbing to vegetation and flying in small jumps. |
Iberoformica subrufa (Wingless queen)12004, Castelló, Spain
Atm. state:
Sunny
|
25ºC - 77ºF
|
Humidity:
34%
|
Wind:
Light
|
Rain:
No
|
Atm. pressure:
Not set
|
Lunar cycle:
Waning Gibbous Moon
Notes: Camponotus cruentatus flights activity, but everything calm in Iberoformica subrufa nests. Then it appeared two I.subrufa unwinged queens |
Camponotus cruentatus (Nuptial flight)12004, Castelló, Spain
Atm. state:
Sunny
|
25ºC - 77ºF
|
Humidity:
60%
|
Wind:
Light
|
Rain:
No
|
Atm. pressure:
Not set
|
Lunar cycle:
Waning Gibbous Moon
Notes: Surrounding nests where finishing worker's "dance", then two unwinged queens appeared |
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