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Thank you really much!:) But I think I won't need a better idea. After looking up for Lasius Niger I'm now pretty sure you are right. When I tried to identify the species myself I was a bit overwhelmed by all the different kinds. From all the pictures I've seen this looks the most similar to it! It ...

Could you help me to identify my Queens, too? I'm new to ant keeping and these are the first queens I caught. I live near to Cologne/Germany and found both of them yesterday. But I really have no clue how to identify them as there are quite a few species looking similar to them. The only thing I am ...