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[Kwitzats]

. Location of collection:
2. Date of collection: 3 may
3. Habitat of collection: forest, dead log
4. Length (from head to gaster):1.5cm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: dark brown,with black head and gaster
6. Distinguishing characteristics:
7. Anything else distinctive:
8. Nest description: inside a dead log

Camponotus, ?

[dermy]

It's a Camponotus species, one is a queen one appears to be a major, and not a queen.

[Kwitzats]

I have a major and a median (or young major) with her. I couldn't catch too many and get them all in the same vial. They are pretty fast.

[dermy]

I have a major and a median (or young major) with her. I couldn't catch too many and get them all in the same vial. They are pretty fast.
 

Was this like a Colony that you found? was there more workers? can you go back to the nest and get more? if so I'd recommend doing that, as if she is from a nest she will need all the workers you can get, it's really hard to get queens to "restart" once they've had their first batch of workers, without a bit of workers

[Kwitzats]

Yes, but by the time I found her most had scattered and two different ants were skittering about, these two were on the same log. A few inches away

[Kwitzats]

Neither colony was very large and she did have a few nanitics but those got dead when I picked em up.

[Kwitzats]

Not sure I have a queen in the pic with yellow ones, maybe just major,but if so she was the only one even near her size.

[Kwitzats]

I have a major and a median (or young major) with her. I couldn't catch too many and get them all in the same vial. They are pretty fast.

Was this like a Colony that you found? was there more workers? can you go back to the nest and get more? if so I'd recommend doing that, as if she is from a nest she will need all the workers you can get, it's really hard to get queens to "restart" once they've had their first batch of workers, without a bit of workers

I think I can retrace but the nest was kind demolished.

[LC3]

In the first and second picture the queen seems to be the large black one (first) and  the ant to the right (second).

 

I'm not entirely sure though. 

 

The third picture features no queen.

[Kwitzats]

original ID, i am thinking Camponotus  Cf. americanus, bc it is too big for texanus, and novaborcenis is not found here as well as ligniperda.