Non of the ants are flying or have wings.“Mating swarms” was a term a few places online used to describe as “a number of pavement ants appearing during winter presumably through cracks in a slab directly on grade”.
On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 5:30 PM 'bugman22' via MuseumPests < pestlist@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Do the ants have wings? You say "swarming", but not sure about the > presence of winged ants.... > > On Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 04:03:39 PM EST, Todd Holmberg < > tholmb...@artsmia.org> wrote: > > > Hello Pest list- > > I am wondering if anyone in colder climates is experiencing pavement ant > "mating swarms" right now. I am in Minnesota and we have a heated area > that has a concrete slab floor with soil of some sort underneath. Pavement > ants (presumably) are coming up through cracks right now > in noticeable numbers. > > If you have experienced something like this, I would be interested in > hearing your thoughts: > > 1) How long did the "swarm" last approx? > 2) If you took action, what was it and did it work. > 3) What collection materials could be damaged by pavement ants if any? > > Any thoughts are appreciated- THanks! > -Todd > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MuseumPests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAMxAh%2BjPvn9tCLdaMZTY7dacq-fy8a0DfP_ihKbqaD1GWSZOWQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAMxAh%2BjPvn9tCLdaMZTY7dacq-fy8a0DfP_ihKbqaD1GWSZOWQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MuseumPests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/1028137920.1308252.1733959825877%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/1028137920.1308252.1733959825877%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAMxAh%2BgRK1O_wt%3D9%3DLV7xLEA6OPXPAgjx%3DyJoZF9DctaCovO3w%40mail.gmail.com.
