r/AntIdentification

She measures at approximately 11-12 mm. She shed her wings on my arm assuming after her nuptial flight therefore I’d imagine she must be a queen so I put her in a test tube set up shortly afterward.

I recently caught an identical one a month prior in the same manner but didn’t know how to properly care for her so she unfortunately died. This time I took the proper steps to make her (and the potential queen striped carpenter ant) a sufficient set up.

From her appearance I’m guessing she’s a Camponotus castaneus (Chestnut Carpenter Ant) but from my research their queens are generally a bit longer in length, so I’m curious as to what else she could be or why she’s a bit undersized.

Any guesses would be very helpful.

She measures at approximately 15 mm, found her when going through a piece of rotten wood, I thought that it was possible the lightly colored markings on the side of her thorax might be wing scars so just in case I put her in a test tube set up.

I’m thinking maybe she’s a Camponotus subbarbatus (Striped Carpenter Ant) though from my research she seems like she could be a bit bigger than they usually are so I also figured she could potentially be a Camponotus americanus. For reference I live in North East Georgia.

Any guesses would be very appreciated.

Found in western PA , may 18th around 10 pm
The queens are about 6 mm and dark brown to black all over

Roughly 7ish MM, caught in Northern Virginia USA

Found in an interior environment regularly (we see dozens throughout the day). Perhaps 1cm or slightly larger. I can possibly get more photos throughout the day. I know these are reproductive adults, but I am unsure about effectively everything else. I want to know admittedly because of the fact I could catch a lot of them and I may want to keep them - that said I don't know if both sexes are flying about and if they are willing to mate with ones of the same colony.

Hi,

last summer I found a queen in southern France and decided to try keeping them in a Terrarium.

So far the queen developed some workers and survived the winter with some weeks of 'colder' temperatures in their heated terrarium.

Now I begin to wonder what type of queen it was that I took. I added some photos of the queen and workers and it would be great if someone could help me identify the species I am keeping.

The queen is approximately 13mm long, the workers are approximately 6mm long.

I believe i found a Camponotus Laevissimus queen, could be Camponotus Modoc. Am I right assuming it’s a queen and Laevissimus?

I cannot tell for the life of me what’s happening with this ant’s wings? Is this a dying male post nuptial flight? I’m in Salt Lake City, Utah for context

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