When do ants fly in San Diego?
United States
56 ant species recorded within 50km of San Diego, United States, with flight months and links to each species' full page.
Sampled centre: 32.72°, -117.16° (species observed within a 50km radius, GBIF occurrence records, not a live forecast).
Grouped with: Chula Vista, Oceanside, Escondido, Carlsbad, El Cajon, Vista.
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San Diego, Chula Vista, Oceanside, Escondido, Carlsbad, El Cajon, Vista has an arid climate, hot and dry, with sparse rain.
Species recorded here
Acorn ants (Temnothorax caguatan)Recorded flying from June through July.
Acrobat ants (Crematogaster mutans)Recorded flying in April.
Argentine ants (Linepithema humile)Recorded flying in two windows: January and November through December.
Big-headed ants (Pheidole californica)Recorded flying from April through May.
Big-headed ants (Pheidole hyatti)Recorded flying from May through July.
Big-headed ants (Pheidole megacephala)Recorded flying in August.
Big-headed ants (Pheidole vistana)Recorded flying from June through July.
Big-headed ants (Pheidole xerophila)Recorded flying from July through August.
Cardiocondyla ants (Cardiocondyla mauritanica)Recorded flying in June.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus essigi)Recorded flying in May.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus fragilis)Recorded flying from July through August.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus herculeanus)Recorded flying from May through July.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus laevigatus)Recorded flying in March.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus sansabeanus)Recorded flying from March through May.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus yogi)Recorded flying in September.
Crazy ants (Nylanderia terricola)Recorded flying in February.
Dorymyrmex ants (Dorymyrmex bicolor)Recorded flying from February through April.
Dracula ants (Stigmatomma pallipes)Recorded flying from August through September.
Fire ants (Solenopsis amblychila)Recorded flying in April.
Fire ants (Solenopsis xyloni)Recorded flying from April through August.
Funnel ants (Aphaenogaster occidentalis)Recorded flying from June through September.
Garden ants (Lasius subumbratus)Recorded flying from July through August.
Harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex californicus)Recorded flying from April through August.
Harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex maricopa)Recorded flying from July through August.
Harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex rugosus)Recorded flying from July through September.
Harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex subnitidus)Recorded flying in June.
Honeypot ants (Myrmecocystus kennedyi)Recorded flying from March through April.
Honeypot ants (Myrmecocystus navajo)Recorded flying from July through August.
Honeypot ants (Myrmecocystus semirufus)Recorded flying in March.
Honeypot ants (Myrmecocystus testaceus)Recorded flying from March through May.
Longhorn crazy ants (Paratrechina longicornis)Recorded flying in two windows: January and December.
Monomorium ants (Monomorium ergatogyna)Recorded flying from June through August.
Odorous ants (Tapinoma sessile)Recorded flying from April through July.
Polyergus ants (Polyergus vinosus)Recorded flying in May.
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.
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