Need help identifying newly caught queens

Help with identifying the species your ants

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AlexanderF
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Need help identifying newly caught queens

Post: # 59281Post AlexanderF
Sun Jun 09, 2019 7:38 am

I went walking today around my block around 6 AM around the St. Louis area, and I stumbled upon 3 queen ants, 2 are the same species but 1 I am almost sure is a tetramorium, however I have no idea what these 2 little red ones are.

Image Red Queen
Image Black Queen
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If you have any idea, please let me know. Thats as much info as I can come up with.

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This is a tetramorium ant queen I believe I caught around 4 days prior, she already has her first set of eggs. I slightly disturbed her because I moved the three new queens in. I hope she wont panic and eat her eggs. :( I put all of them in a dark place so hopefully all of them will calm down soon.
Keeper of

Tetramorium Immigrans x 2
Pheidole sp. x 2

Carsonman99
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Joined: Fri May 03, 2019 8:32 pm
Location: Indiana, USA

Re: Need help identifying newly caught queens

Post: # 59344Post Carsonman99
Mon Jun 10, 2019 3:18 pm

1st one looks like Pheidole sp.

AlexanderF
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Re: Need help identifying newly caught queens

Post: # 59356Post AlexanderF
Tue Jun 11, 2019 3:54 am

That would be cool if they were a pheidole sp. :D I wish I had taken better quality photos before putting them away, however soon as a month or two passes by I'll try to take a better pic of them.
Keeper of

Tetramorium Immigrans x 2
Pheidole sp. x 2

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