When do ants fly in Tampa?

United States
38 ant species recorded within 50km of Tampa, United States, with flight months and links to each species' full page.
Sampled centre: 27.95°, -82.46° (species observed within a 50km radius, GBIF occurrence records, not a live forecast).
Grouped with: St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Lakeland, Brandon.

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Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Lakeland, Brandon has a humid subtropical climate, hot, humid summers.

Species recorded here

Acrobat ants (Crematogaster ashmeadi)Recorded flying from August through September.
Acrobat ants (Crematogaster cerasi)Recorded flying from August through October.
Argentine ants (Linepithema humile)Recorded flying in two windows: January and November through December.
Big-headed ants (Pheidole dentata)Recorded flying from April through June.
Big-headed ants (Pheidole dentigula)Recorded flying in May.
Big-headed ants (Pheidole megacephala)Recorded flying in August.
Big-headed ants (Pheidole moerens)Recorded flying from May through July.
Big-headed ants (Pheidole obscurithorax)Recorded flying in two windows: January and November through December.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus castaneus)Recorded flying from March through July.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus decipiens)Recorded flying in May.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus floridanus)Recorded flying from April through September.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus planatus)Recorded flying from May through June.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus sexguttatus)Recorded flying in October.
Carpenter ants (Camponotus socius)Recorded flying in May.
Cyphomyrmex ants (Cyphomyrmex minutus)Recorded flying in November.
Cyphomyrmex ants (Cyphomyrmex rimosus)Recorded flying in two windows: January and October through December.
Dorymyrmex ants (Dorymyrmex bureni)Recorded flying from April through August.
Dracula ants (Stigmatomma pallipes)Recorded flying from August through September.
Fire ants (Solenopsis tennesseensis)Recorded flying in July.
Harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex badius)Recorded flying from May through July.
High noon ants (Forelius pruinosus)Recorded flying from May through August.
Longhorn crazy ants (Paratrechina longicornis)Recorded flying in two windows: January and December.
Monomorium ants (Monomorium floricola)Recorded flying in June.
Pavement ants (Tetramorium bicarinatum)Recorded flying from May through June.
Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta)Recorded flying in two windows: January and October through December.☀ Day
Trachymyrmex ants (Trachymyrmex septentrionalis)Recorded flying from May through August.
Wood ants (Formica biophilica)Recorded flying from June through July.

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