These are all of the queens that I presently have. All were caught within the last two weeks in Illinois.
The first is likely Tetramorium caespitum. I caught her two days ago, and she was pretty much dead and being carried by a worker. I disrupted this, fed her copious amounts of sugar water, and now she's doing 'better', but is still weak.
The second is Camponotus pennsylvanicus. She has never dropped her wings, and I do not know if she is mated. I caught her about two weeks ago, when she landed next to me and ran and hid under a tarp.
The third is Camponotus pennsylvanicus. She was found two days after the last one under a garbage can, about three feet away.
The fourth is Camponotus pennsylvanicus. I caught her ~two days ago. She was injured, under a rock, after a very long dry and hot period, and near a T. caespitum nest. She drank sugar water for about four minutes, and seems to be doing fine - she is missing one antenna and part of one of her front legs.
The fifth is an unknown Camponotus, possibly chromaiodes. I did not catch her in my locality (but still in Illinois). Her legs and the bottom half of her thorax are red.
The sixth I caught today (yesterday? It's 12:30 AM). She was just walking around. I believe that she is Tapinoma sessile.
None have brood yet. All have been offered sugar water. Only the injured C. pennsylvanicus and the exhausted T. caespitum accepted it.
