When do ants fly in Los Angeles?
United States
90 ant species recorded within 50km of Los Angeles, United States, with flight months and links to each species' full page.
Sampled centre: 34.05°, -118.24° (species observed within a 50km radius, GBIF occurrence records, not a live forecast).
Grouped with: Long Beach, Anaheim, Riverside, Santa Ana, Irvine, San Bernardino, Fontana, Oxnard, Moreno Valley, Huntington Beach, Glendale, Santa Clarita, Garden Grove, Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, Hollywood, Corona, Lancaster, Palmdale, Pomona, Valencia, Torrance, Pasadena, Orange, Fullerton, Van Nuys, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, East Los Angeles, Koreatown, El Monte, Downey, Costa Mesa, Inglewood, West Covina, Norwalk, Burbank, Universal City, Rialto.
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Los Angeles, Long Beach, Anaheim, Riverside, Santa Ana, Irvine, San Bernardino, Fontana, Oxnard, Moreno Valley, Huntington Beach, Glendale, Santa Clarita, Garden Grove, Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, Hollywood, Corona, Lancaster, Palmdale, Pomona, Valencia, Torrance, Pasadena, Orange, Fullerton, Van Nuys, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, East Los Angeles, Koreatown, El Monte, Downey, Costa Mesa, Inglewood, West Covina, Norwalk, Burbank, Universal City, Rialto has an arid climate, hot and dry, with sparse rain.
Species recorded here
Acorn ants (Temnothorax andrei)Recorded flying from June through July.
Acrobat ants (Crematogaster cerasi)Recorded flying from August through October.
Acrobat ants (Crematogaster depilis)Recorded flying in June.
Acrobat ants (Crematogaster lineolata)Recorded flying in October.
Argentine ants (Linepithema humile)Recorded flying in two windows: January and November through December.
Big-headed ants (Pheidole desertorum)Recorded flying from June through August.
Big-headed ants (Pheidole hyatti)Recorded flying from May through July.
Big-headed ants (Pheidole pilifera)Recorded flying from June through August.
Big-headed ants (Pheidole xerophila)Recorded flying from July through August.
Black garden ant (Lasius niger)Recorded flying from June through September.☀ Day
Cardiocondyla ants (Cardiocondyla mauritanica)Recorded flying in June.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus decipiens)Recorded flying in May.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus herculeanus)Recorded flying from May through July.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus laevigatus)Recorded flying in March.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus modoc)Recorded flying from April through July.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus ocreatus)Recorded flying from March through April.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus vicinus)Recorded flying from March through July.
Dorymyrmex ants (Dorymyrmex bicolor)Recorded flying from February through April.
Dracula ants (Stigmatomma pallipes)Recorded flying from August through September.
Fire ants (Solenopsis molesta)Recorded flying from June through August.
Fire ants (Solenopsis xyloni)Recorded flying from April through August.
Garden ants (Lasius nearcticus)Recorded flying from July through September.
Garden ants (Lasius subumbratus)Recorded flying from July through August.
Harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex barbatus)Recorded flying from April through September.
Harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex californicus)Recorded flying from April through August.
Harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis)Recorded flying from August through September.
Harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex rugosus)Recorded flying from July through September.
Harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex subnitidus)Recorded flying in June.
Harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex tenuispinus)Recorded flying in July.
High noon ants (Forelius pruinosus)Recorded flying from May through August.
Honeypot ants (Myrmecocystus creightoni)Recorded flying in February.
Honeypot ants (Myrmecocystus kennedyi)Recorded flying from March through April.
Honeypot ants (Myrmecocystus mexicanus)Recorded flying from July through August.
Honeypot ants (Myrmecocystus mimicus)Recorded flying from June through August.
Honeypot ants (Myrmecocystus navajo)Recorded flying from July through August.
Honeypot ants (Myrmecocystus semirufus)Recorded flying in March.
Honeypot ants (Myrmecocystus yuma)Recorded flying from July through August.
Leptothorax ants (Leptothorax muscorum)Recorded flying from June through September.
Monomorium ants (Monomorium ergatogyna)Recorded flying from June through August.
Odorous ants (Tapinoma sessile)Recorded flying from April through July.
Pavement ants (Tetramorium bicarinatum)Recorded flying from May through June.
Polyergus ants (Polyergus breviceps)Recorded flying from August through September.
Polyergus ants (Polyergus mexicanus)Recorded flying in August.
Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta)Recorded flying in two windows: January and October through December.☀ Day
Velvety tree ants (Liometopum luctuosum)Recorded flying in March.
Velvety tree ants (Liometopum occidentale)Recorded flying from March through June.
Veromessor ants (Veromessor andrei)Recorded flying from June through July.
Wood ants (Formica francoeuri)Recorded flying from April through June.
Wood ants (Formica moki)Recorded flying from June through July.
Wood ants (Formica obscuripes)Recorded flying from April through May.
Wood ants (Formica podzolica)Recorded flying from June through August.
Wood ants (Formica ravida)Recorded flying from May through July.
Wood ants (Formica rufa)Recorded flying from May through June.
Wood ants (Formica subpolita)Recorded flying in June.
Yellow meadow ant (Lasius flavus)Recorded flying from June through September.☀ Day
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