Unknown Polygynous Queen Species

[JoeSchaiper]

I have already posted about this pair of queens I have found. But I am not sure what species it is. But they are a small species, the exact measurment I'm not sure of, but they can't be larger than 4mm. . They're both black and have a dark brown shimmer to them when in light. When I caught them, I was walking on the side-walk and noticed a queen with no wings running around on the ground. As I bent down to catch her I noticed that she wasn't the only one but there were at least 50 of them. All queens, all wingless. I assume this would indicate they are a member of a polygynous species, but when I tried to keep them in the same container, when I caught them, they started to fight. So I don't know if this means they aren't polygynous or if they were only fighting becuase they were scared. But regardless I'm am not very well-experienced with identifying ant species, so any help will be greatly appreciated.

[StormDancer]

It's never recommended to house queens together even in know polygenous species because they are so unpredictable. For the health of your queens you should keep them individually.

[idahoantgirl]

Get a proper ID on them. Then we can see if they can be safely kept with other queens

[JoeSchaiper]

Ok so I'm not able to post the photos as an attachment so here's a link to my Google plus where I posted three of the best photos of them. Also the location that I caught them in wad Cincinnati, Oh. I really hope that the link works and this doesn't over complicate things

https://plus.google.com/108749112192350431929/posts/88NTzbcAtFA