Ant genus identification

[JDuke91]

Hey all I'm relatively new to ants and have always been fascinated by them. This will be my first year at keeping any. So I've been seeing what species I have in my area. There is one however that I believe to be Formica exsectoides but all the research I do says this ant lives in Eastern Canada and I'm in western Canada. To get a good picture I had to sacrifice one of the little guys and I'm sorry for that. But it was for science.

[DontSquishTheAnt]

Here is a thread talking about how to post pictures on the forum if you are having trouble: https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=162