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I am thinking the last queen I posted may be Camponotus castaneous maybe? Hoping that is what it is because carpenter ants are really what I want .

Does it have to be a specific species? And how difficult would it be to imitate that in captivity?

I will see if I can get better pictures tomorrow when I have more time.

Found another queen tonight around the same light I found the other four at. This queen is huge, 18-20 mm. Has a brownish red head and yellow body. Will get pictures up tomorrow. Lost one of the last four quens I caught unfortunately.

I'm in alabama and found 12 queen fire ants around my driveway in the past two days. Very easy to find here.

From what I have read Lasius interjectus is a social parasite. Not sure what needs to be done to raise them. Anyone have experience with them?

Any clue what solenopsis it is?

Second queen 4-5 mm Caught around 3 pm by driveway. Near Birmingham Al 5/18/2016 Believe it is a Solenopsis not sure though. http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah81/royagrace/Mobile%20Uploads/20160526_121406_zpsmwpaxgzb.jpg http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah81/royagrace/Mobile%20Uploads/2016052...

Posted this again in ant Id forum, have a slightly better picture on there as well. Not very good at taking ant photos unfortunately.

Also would like to know species if anyone can tell, it was suggested that it may be a Lasius.