When do ants fly in Chicago?
United States
61 ant species recorded within 50km of Chicago, United States, with flight months and links to each species' full page.
Sampled centre: 41.85°, -87.65° (species observed within a 50km radius, GBIF occurrence records, not a live forecast).
Grouped with: Aurora, Joliet, Naperville, Elgin.
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Chicago, Aurora, Joliet, Naperville, Elgin has a continental climate, hot summers, cold winters.
Species recorded here
Acorn ants (Temnothorax curvispinosus)Recorded flying from June through August.
Acrobat ants (Crematogaster cerasi)Recorded flying from August through October.
Acrobat ants (Crematogaster lineolata)Recorded flying in October.
Big-headed ants (Pheidole bicarinata)Recorded flying from June through August.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus americanus)Recorded flying from April through June.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus floridanus)Recorded flying from April through September.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus herculeanus)Recorded flying from May through July.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus nearcticus)Recorded flying from April through June.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus pennsylvanicus)Recorded flying from April through July.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus subbarbatus)Recorded flying from April through June.
Crazy ants (Nylanderia parvula)Recorded flying from May through June.
Dracula ants (Stigmatomma pallipes)Recorded flying from August through September.
Fire ants (Solenopsis molesta)Recorded flying from June through August.
Funnel ants (Aphaenogaster rudis)Recorded flying from July through August.
Funnel ants (Aphaenogaster tennesseensis)Recorded flying in June.
Garden ants (Lasius alienus)Recorded flying from July through September.
Garden ants (Lasius claviger)Recorded flying from August through December.
Garden ants (Lasius nearcticus)Recorded flying from July through September.
Garden ants (Lasius neoniger)Recorded flying from July through December.
Garden ants (Lasius umbratus)Recorded flying from June through September.
Leptogenys ants (Leptogenys elongata)Recorded flying from May through June.
Myrmecina ants (Myrmecina americana)Recorded flying from August through October.
Odorous ants (Tapinoma sessile)Recorded flying from April through July.
Pavement ants (Tetramorium caespitum)Recorded flying from June through August.
Pavement ants (Tetramorium immigrans)Recorded flying in July.
Polyergus ants (Polyergus breviceps)Recorded flying from August through September.
Ponera ants (Ponera pennsylvanica)Recorded flying from March through May.
Proceratium ants (Proceratium silaceum)Recorded flying in January.
Red ants (Myrmica pinetorum)Recorded flying in May.
Wood ants (Formica cinerea)Recorded flying from June through August.
Wood ants (Formica exsectoides)Recorded flying in July.
Wood ants (Formica fusca)Recorded flying from June through August.
Wood ants (Formica incerta)Recorded flying from July through August.
Wood ants (Formica obscuripes)Recorded flying from April through May.
Wood ants (Formica subsericea)Recorded flying from April through August.
Wood ants (Formica ulkei)Recorded flying from July through August.
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