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Thank all of you to comment on this.

Thank you both of you.
I thought also Formica sp. which I recently caught a winged one, but this time the color looks more brownish and slightly bigger.
I would like to have a confirmation from batspiderfish!!

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I've caught a brown queen at sidewalk & grass in a college campus, Wheaton, Illinois.
The size is approximately 1.2cm.
I have not still figured out the best way to embed pictures in the forum.
So please bare with me to post them in google photo.

https://goo.gl/photos/URvHnsazJhyc2c4EA

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I don't think it is as simple as that. Following pheromone trail is one of their many strategies. Some ants (desert ants) remembered their steps to feel how far they are away from home. Pheromone may be quickly evaporated in desert environment so that they cannot rely on solely pheromone trails. Som...

I am wondering how ants find their way home after finding food.
Do they reverse travel exactly the way they get to the food or do they make a shortest path to the nest?
Anyone can comment?

I've caught a queen at the sidewalk on the road, Chicago IL, June 30, 2017. Size: about 7-8mm Color: brown-black Image: https://goo.gl/photos/fBF4PfVr4dVcYBvLA I think she is Tetramorium sp. E, but I would like to receive confirmation from experienced ant keepers. She is in a test tube setup and alr...

I've caught a winged queen at the front of my garage door yesterday.
The color is brown-blackish and its size is about 1cm.

Images:
https://goo.gl/photos/QrkCiT4VUcQ42mg98

I wonder if some well made formicariums can attract wild ant colonies so that they abandon their existing natural sancta and move to the human made formicariums. This can be multi million dollar business.

Does anyone know nanitics life expectancy in general?
Of course, it varies by species. Let's say Camponotus pennsylvanicus?
Do they liver shorter than general workers?

Is there anyone interested in a kind of meetup in Chicago area?
I live in the west suburb of Chicago.