Can someone please identify this species?

[Roshasaur]

It probably is subsericea. As I cannot find any other species. Thank you!

[SolenopsisKeeper]

It probably is subsericea. As I cannot find any other species. Thank you!

Could be this, but makes no differences.

https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Formica_subaenescens

[Roshasaur]

I read that subsericea are really sensitive to light and vibrations. I found this at my friends neighborhood which is like a good half hour away. So it was in my car for 30 minutes vibrating and bouncing. Should that be fine or will it not lay eggs? I decided to check this one less often than the other queens so it has time to recover. I hope I get a colony!

[Roshasaur]

It didn’t seem to freaked out on the ride. Looked like it was too focused on cleaning itself. I also read that queens that are too stressed sometimes die! So…

[SolenopsisKeeper]

I read that subsericea are really sensitive to light and vibrations. I found this at my friends neighborhood which is like a good half hour away. So it was in my car for 30 minutes vibrating and bouncing. Should that be fine or will it not lay eggs? I decided to check this one less often than the other queens so it has time to recover. I hope I get a colony!

Formica are jumpy, it should be fine. It’s what happens when the queen has larvae that counts(And mature eggs)

[Roshasaur]

So they don’t eat pupae?

[SolenopsisKeeper]

So they don’t eat pupae?

Your queen has pupae?

But they should not as much as Camponotus as they don’t have those slicing jaws.

[Roshasaur]

Nope, just asking.

[Roshasaur]

So, I did my own research and I concluded that it was Formica Argentina. Because my queen doesn’t have that silver line around it’s gaster.

[Roshasaur]

So, I did my own research and I concluded that it was Formica Argentina. Because my queen doesn’t have that silver line around it’s gaster.

Formica argentea*