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The pictures are really blurry, so here's a link to a possible species: https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_ants/golden_ant.htm

Do they look like that?

Definitely Camponotus, not queens though.

They could be Pennsylvanicus or Modoc if these major workers are that large. Every other species I looked up for your area are either much smaller, or have distinct colours and patterns.

Hope this helps.

Looks like a very gravid Lasius queen. Head seems a bit small for camponotus, and her thorax is massive.

Here's a Lasius Niger for reference:

I caught these 2 queens crawling along the sidewalk about a week ago, and noticed that they still had their wings attached. I stuck them in test tubes and noticed that they immediately started tearing at the cotton. I read online that they usually stop after a few days so I wasn't too worried. After...

Hi, the ant in your image is hard to see, but there are features that look similar to 2 queens I caught recently. I posted about it here: https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=15804 Let me know if that helps, also try to get a picture from the side/above so we can see if there are wing s...

Looks very much like Formica biophilica

I believe that's a termite. Not sure if male or female though. Unfortunately to keep termites you need to have both as the male has to be present to constantly fertilize the queen.

Do you think I should give them food, if so what kind?

I found 2 of these little 4-5 mm reddish-brown ants under a rock, they were sitting only inches from a large colony of yellow-brown ants that were closer to 3.5mm in size, and had very pointed gasters, so I'm convinced my 2 catches are unrelated, but possibly are of a parasitic species. These 2 litt...

Okay so.. those might actually be argentine ants (Linepithema humile). Worker: https://bugguide.net/images/raw/T08/QT0/T08QT05QJ0NQJ07KTKQKOKVQHSBQC0HK6KRKA08QJ08QUK0KUKLKPK4QEKMKOK7KAKBQF0IKAK.jpg Queen: http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45993000/jpg/_45993904_megacolonyants.jpg Keep in mind th...