Ant Identification Please

[jasesan]

Hello! I found this ant and her thorax seems to resemble that of a queen, but I'm not sure!

Size: 6-8 mm
When: September 16, 2022 10:50AM
Where: Neighborhood Sidewalk
Appearance: small seeming, non aggressive, flat thorax
Behaviour: slow, still
Picture(s):
https://imgur.com/a/jQI7LqT

[antperson24]

Hello! I found this ant and her thorax seems to resemble that of a queen, but I'm not sure!

Size: 6-8 mm
When: September 16, 2022 10:50AM
Where: Neighborhood Sidewalk
Appearance: small seeming, non aggressive, flat thorax
Behaviour: slow, still
Picture(s):
https://imgur.com/a/jQI7LqT

She is a queen! Maybe Pheidole?

[jasesan]

Thank you for your response! At least she is a queen! This is the second one I’ve found like this. The other I’ve had for a couple days, so I’ll see if they start laying any eggs!

[jasesan]

So after looking through hundreds of ants I think I figured out what I found..

A Pharaoh Ant. The Monomorium Ergatogyna
https://antwiki.org/wiki/File:Monomorium_ergatogyna_casent0103533_profile_1.jpg

Kind of a bummer because I don’t think they are easy to keep.

[antperson24]

So after looking through hundreds of ants I think I figured out what I found..

A Pharaoh Ant. The Monomorium Ergatogyna
https://antwiki.org/wiki/File:Monomorium_ergatogyna_casent0103533_profile_1.jpg

Kind of a bummer because I don’t think they are easy to keep.

I don't know if she is that exact species, but I think she is Monomorium.

[OiledOlives]

This is a starved Solenopsis invicta queen

[jasesan]

I found two within a few days of each other. Why would they be starved? I still haven't had much activity from them, but I have since offered them honey and some fruit flies. They are both still living