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[Kkaitlin12]

Hello! I decided to catch some queens locally in my area for the first time. I need help with the ID of the queen I caught. Here is the current info I have:
Location: Punta Gorda, FL (southwest FL)
Date & Time: May 12,2025 at around 11:00pm at night. She was on my sliding glass door that leads to my backyard.
Color: yellow/orange with brown stripes on gaster.
Size: I’d say she is a medium size species. Just a tad smaller than my imported red fire ant queen that I found the other week.
Interesting behavior I have noticed is that she has not dropped her wings. She laid a nice large pile of eggs the next day and has been very attentive to them since.
Here are the POSSIBLE species I am guessing: Prenolepis Imparis or a Brachymyrmex species.
I am most likely completely incorrect as to what my assumptions are but that is why I am posting here! Thanks!

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[OiledOlives]

Dorymyrmex bureni

[Kkaitlin12]

Dorymyrmex bureni

Thank you so much! I did some research on them and I have quite a few nests of this species in my back yard! They are very quick & the workers are bright orange in color. Their nests are also very small and mound-like compared to the common fire ant’s nests we have all around. I honestly thought they were just a different species of fire ant!