Light brown almost pale Lasius queens.

[Hunter36o]

Okay sadly I don't have a picture but maybe someone can point me in the right direction.
I just spotting a Laius nest that is getting ready for flight season and I noted all the female alates were a very light almost pale brown. They moved fast and we're going in and out of the open do I do not think they are freaking eclosed queens.

Could someone let me know of a possible Lasius species matching this description? The workers are black like Lasius Niger but I know a few different Lasius species can be mistaken as l. Niger at first glance of the workers??

[noahmk12]

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/44/56/5f/44565f78b1037b08aeded97857ec2472--ants-insects.jpg

hope it helps!!!

[ClashOwenBash]

I think you've come across some alates which have just eclosed from their pupae (cocoons) and so their exoskeleton is still hardening and therefore is a lighter colour. So I would say still Lasius Niger.