Before each of the Ridgecrest quakes we had only 1 occurrence of the ants in the thousands. I think the bees would be something interesting to keep tabs on as they "are" sensitive to changes in the magnetic field. As to the ants, I'll get rid of them when they come into the house, but I won't have the whole house and property fumagated to get rid of them since they are an indicator.

I see that we had an M3 at Toms Place last night and and M3.1 by Ludlow this morning. Haven't been around to check secondaries yet.

In regards to swarms by Markleeville, I guess I've missed that. I know about Mammoth, Toms Place, and Ridgecrest, but I haven't heard of Markleeville having swarms before. Thats where the M6 occurred a few years ago though.

Dennis