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It's definitely something inside your house attracting them. Could be clogged drains- that's one of the most commonly infested areas when it comes to phorid flies. If they look like fruit flies, but dart around rapidly, they're likely Phorids.

Traps wont help you in the long run. You must identify where the infestation is being generated and discard the rotting animal/plant matter causing it. Alot of people get bad phorid fly infestations because of a rotting bag of potatoes under the sink. I had that issue- mini potatoes from...

None of mine can sting, i usually deal mostly in Formicinae (carpenter ants, honeypot ants, wood ants etc) a few years back I stepped into a solenopsis krackowi nest on accident and they have really really small workers that can get under the folds of clothing, even tight socks. the bottoms...

I just use bottled water, but i came from a heavily urbanized area so I treated our tap water like it was a montezuma's revenge dispenser, lol

This formica species is the host of the Amazon ant Polyergus topoffi, a dulotic parasite that enslaves Formica. I'll try to collect a topoffi gyne this week

Mbullock4286's Ants for sale NOTE- I don't have PPQ-526 clearance, you will have to have PPQ clearance to receive ants from Arizona across state lines! I will have Phidippus jumping spiders available again soon- most likely P. apacheanus (or tux, maybe) but I'm mostly focused on ants at the...

I have but i wasnt asleep though.

I dont understand why i cant delete this but whatever.

Male and female.

Cameras just dont capture this species all that well The metallic-violet legs complement the green very well.

Much larger than gloriosa, which it often occurs alongside. Very intense metallic iridescence, shifts colors when viewed from different angles. Oak leaves of any kind are acceptable

Larger specimen is the female, smaller is a male

females thestalus can be easily distinguished from the similar sized and shaped Strategus cessus

2026 Monsoon

Strongly assosciated with Ash trees, range extends as far south as guatamala.