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Hello,
I caught what I think to be a queen in late November of last year in New Jersey, US. I have kept it in a test tube setup through winter and it has survived and now become more active as it has gotten warmer. When I first caught it, it had wings that have since fallen off, and it occasionally accepts honey I offer it. Can anyone tell me what this species might be and if it is a queen?
Here are the images, just copy and paste the link (Sorry for poor quality):
https://imgur.com/a/MkWVt

Looks like a lasius niger maybe wrong though.

I have a little chart that I use to help me identify ants, but I need to see a picture of her gaster to see if she has an acid pore. Also, what size is it?

AntNoob1, I cant get a very clear picture of the gaster, but from what I can tell there is no acid pore. It is about 1 cm in length. I will keep trying to get a decent picture for you.

where did you get that charts i thought most of them are for identifying workers.

It is indeed a Queen.
However for me it sems like a harvester ant species maybe messor barbarus, i cant realy be sure because there is no clear picture of her gaster!
Hope this helped

Crematogaster sp.

Is there something on her thorax? (middle bit) it looks kind of bumpy.

Yes, that was just two water droplets that got stuck on her. At first, i thought it may have been a mite but they have since gone away.