When do native ant species swarm?
Flight periods of ant species in Hungary
Check out our ever-expanding ant calendar below to find out when the Hungarian ant species are having their nuptial flight in which months. It is important to note that all periods are not country-specific, so the information displayed is for information purposes only. Spend as much time as possible outdoors, hiking in the woods, hills and mountains and you’re sure to bump into a few queens willy-nilly.
01-30
Prenolepis nitens
(european honey pot ant)
Messor structor
(harvester ant)
01-31
Camponotus:
fallax, ligniperda, piceus, tergestinus, vagus
(carpenter ants)
Formica:
polyctena, pratensis, rufa
(field ants)
Lasius fuliginosus
(jet ant)
01-30
Cardiocondyla dalmatica
(sultan ant)
Cataglyphis:
aenescens, nodus
(desert ants)
Formica:
cunicularia, rufibarbis
(field ants)
Lasius:
niger, platythorax
(garden ants)
Leptothorax gredleri
Liometopum microcephalum
Tapinoma erraticum
Tetramorium caepitum
(pavement ant)
01-31
Camponotus aethiops
(carpenter ant)
Clobopsis truncata
(doorkeeper ant)
Dolichoderus quadripunctatus
(four dot ant)
Formica:
cinerea, fusca, gagates, sanguinea, truncorum, nitidulus
(field ants)
Lasius:
brunneus, psammophilus
(garden ants)
Monomorium pharaonis
(Pharaoh ant)
Myrmica rubda
(common red ant)
Polyergus rufescens
Temnothorax species
(acorn ants)
01-31
Aphaenogaster subterranea
Lasius:
bombycina, emarginatus
(garden ants)
Strumigenys baudueri
01-30
Crematogaster schmidti
Lasius flavus
(yellow meadow ant)
Manica rubida
Myrmecina graminicola
Ponera coarctata
Solenopsis fugax
(thief ant)
Stenamma debile
The plots shown are estimates, based on our own observations, and may differ in reality and in the future due to climate and weather variability. The species indicated for a given month represent the beginning of the flight period, and may still occur in later months. The table currently shows the most common ant species, 120+ species currently living in Hungary.
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