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I have this queen I found in western PA and I'd love to know what it is (even roughly).

I posted photos of just the queen and didn't get responses, but now I have photos with the new workers also. Full album is here:

PHOTOS:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/a4i83bNxvFCtmVTC9

Thanks for any ideas!

Guess I'll bump this. Any thought's? Is the photo not clear enough?

Here's a photo with her new eggs:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/JFuNkkgQGxVqcyve8

I have posted 9 more photos (higher quality, I think, taken in daylight) at the link, which still has the old ones: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s6cuydugab1rn8c/AAB7yFzcO-Fhf4ESmUpOsc_Va?dl=0 Does it look definitively like a Lasius umbratus? If so I will release it. (Notice that it has since lost one ...

Wow thanks!

Very interesting. I guess this is not an easy way to get started in ants though. Best course is just to go ahead and release it back?

Photos and video are here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s6cuydugab1rn8c/AAB7yFzcO-Fhf4ESmUpOsc_Va?dl=0

just found it today, on the sidewalk in Pittsburgh.

Thanks for any help!!