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The bottom ant looks like Camponotus herculeanus

That does not look like an argentine ant queen to me...


http://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Linepithema/i-8dK289V/A

Color isn't the best way to identify ants. In south dakotah, Lasius neoniger, Lasius Flavus, Lasius alenius, and more Lasius sp all have yellow legs. An a good amount of Lasius neoniger have a bit of yellow at the bottom. I am not sure what you have, as it flew so early. It could be a more rare sp. ...

Really hard to tell from that angle, but I would say it is a queen. Length really helps, too.

Well, if the workers are getting around fine with her, than keep them. They will be of good use.

I stepped outside this afternoon at around five. It was nice out, but it had been cool, and rained, the past week. I looked over and saw lots of lasius neoniger alates. At first I though someone just lifted up a rock that had a colony inderneath, when suddenly they where all over. I drove back to my...

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Wow, so jealous!!! I had leaf utter queens before, but they died...

rubbing olive works great for some sp. but IDK about tropical sp...

Awesome! very nice formicarium!