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Could also be Camponotus herculeanus. But this doesn't change any of the advice you've received.

Sadly, this is a wasp.

https://www.google.com/search?q=velvet+ant&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjY7qrOtpniAhUNUa0KHWxVCZsQ_AUIDigB&biw=1536&bih=750

Please and thank you ...

https://imgur.com/a/ADXcQYw

Went back out and found a second one.

https://imgur.com/a/5th2yAQ

Thanks in advance.

Our guess is those antennae are clubbed.

Please and thank you all.

https://imgur.com/a/tXVBIV4

Thanks so much. I'll get back with nanites in time.

Could this, GULP, be Crematogaster cerasi?

https://imgur.com/a/G2PLoIp

Thanks in advance.

This queen was previously identified as a Formica Sp. ( https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=6561 ) She now has her first clutch of nanitic workers and I was hoping I might get a species ID from one of you experts. I was expecting F. pallidefulva based on what I see around here and spec...

Is there an easy way to distinguish the two? I have watched and watched you guys make these IDs and and just don't get it. I have scoured the web and aside from the keys and flow charts (which don't help me) I can't find anything helpful. I hate to bother you guys every time I catch another Lasius a...

Never seen one. Very cool. Thanks.