Can someone please identify this species?

[Roshasaur]

I found a queen yesterday! But it was at like 6-7 pm so I don’t know if it is fertilized. But it was wandering around like it was looking for something so I think it is fertilized. I released fire ant queens last year because they were unfertilized. So is that legal? And do fire ants hibernate? Because they come from tropical regions so I don’t think they naturally would hibernate.

[SolenopsisKeeper]

I found a queen yesterday! But it was at like 6-7 pm so I don’t know if it is fertilized. But it was wandering around like it was looking for something so I think it is fertilized. I released fire ant queens last year because they were unfertilized. So is that legal? And do fire ants hibernate? Because they come from tropical regions so I don’t think they naturally would hibernate.

They do diapause under 15 F. They funnel down deep, closing off all entrances(This doesn’t happen in captivity if warm).

Yes, releasing queens should be ok, as usually they are killed be native ant species.

6-7PM is typically when the last few that haven’t been killed by nature die, as usually it’s queens that never get to dig a founding chmaber and get killed by birds, lizards, wasps, spiders, and other ants.

[Roshasaur]

Well that’s sad, but I will try to find more I guess. But you know a lot about fire ants!

[Roshasaur]

I read somewhere that queens that lick the tip of their taster are fertilized and I saw my queen doing that.

[Roshasaur]

Gaster*

[Roshasaur]

I caught another queen today(I know, a lot of queens). It is black ant I think it is either tapinoma sessile or some Lasius species.
Here are the pics:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gNY__yoU5GVpEHUesIfnIgiMU1ZkTuCs/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dql6J-G9A1URK7FV5d2AvAE0FBxolV1w/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZoLcBrxSuqHzYnPew6_2QZnERFfmOjlc/view?usp=drivesdk

I’m sorry for asking you for so much. But you are really helpful! I don’t really want sessile cuz I don’t like the feeling of keeping pests. But fire ants are an exception ig.

[SolenopsisKeeper]

I caught another queen today(I know, a lot of queens). It is black ant I think it is either tapinoma sessile or some Lasius species.
Here are the pics:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gNY__yoU5GVpEHUesIfnIgiMU1ZkTuCs/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dql6J-G9A1URK7FV5d2AvAE0FBxolV1w/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZoLcBrxSuqHzYnPew6_2QZnERFfmOjlc/view?usp=drivesdk

I’m sorry for asking you for so much. But you are really helpful! I don’t really want sessile cuz I don’t like the feeling of keeping pests. But fire ants are an exception ig.

How big is it? Looks like Formica subsericea

[Roshasaur]

That looks like it! Also I caught it later in the day than they are usually found. I found it at around 6 pm.

[Roshasaur]

It also has little orange hairs on its gaster which I didn’t see on the pictures in the web.

[SolenopsisKeeper]

It also has little orange hairs on its gaster which I didn’t see on the pictures in the web.

Hair color can change by lighting. Try looking under flat rocks, see if you see any more. Best of luck!

Ps. There is another species it can be, Formica Fusca’s North American cousin, but there are no major differences