Can you ID this queen, please?

[Canadant]

Just found her. I'm stoked, but I have no idea what kind she is. I'm hoping tetramorium, but she seems big for that species (my uniformed newby opinion here).

Found on a sidewalk around the edge in the grass.
About 1 cm long. She's in an AntsCanada test tube in the pic, if that's a reference for you.
Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada
Evening time.
All black.

Beautiful!!!!

[Canadant]

I think now she is lasius niger. A good pet ant? I have four camponotus broods on the go in test tubes now.

[Batspiderfish]

I can't see any of the pictures because of Photobucket shenanigans, but Lasius niger are hardly ever found in North America. If this is Lasius, then L. alienus would be the most likely. These generally do not reach 10mm in size, so I am guessing that this is a Formica queen. No telling without seeing the images.

[Canadant]

http://imgur.com/a/IxSyd

http://imgur.com/6otwtSZ

http://imgur.com/ydcMEcy

http://imgur.com/ItdpO29

http://imgur.com/MVSuh8Y

Batspiderfish, I'm hopping over to the ants myrmecology forums. I think you're on there too. Not enough action here. Thanks for your help. I'm the same name over there as well.

[Phoenix]

Camponotus Sp.

[Canadant]

Camponotus Sp.

Really? What do you see that makes you think that?

Thanks,

Canadant

[Batspiderfish]

Kudos to Phoenix for making IDs of foreign ants, but this is a Formica queen.

[Phoenix]

Kudos to Phoenix for making IDs of foreign ants, but this is a Formica queen.

Thanks; Still Trying To Brush Up My Skills On Foreign Ants.

[Jadeninja9]

Kudos to Phoenix for making IDs of foreign ants, but this is a Formica queen.

Thanks; Still Trying To Brush Up My Skills On Foreign Ants.

Formica queens, to me, sorta look like a Lasius and Camponotus hybrid.

[Canadant]

Kudos to Phoenix for making IDs of foreign ants, but this is a Formica queen.

Appreciate the id. I owe you one.

Thanks,

Canadant