need to identify species

[sidewinderscott]

i found this queen trying to sneak into my house and caught her. glendale az 8/24/17 see around a 1/2 inch i think.

[YSTheAnt]

Probably solenopsis molesta, aka thief ant. Batspiderfish will probably have a better answer.

[StormDancer]

Does she have a beard? At half an inch she is too large to be a theif ant queen. They are around 5mm long is all. But I have two large queens that strike me as honeypot queens. They are much larger than 5mm but I think they have beards. I could be wrong, I don't get many close looks at them since my two are easily stressed. It's the right time for honeypot ants to be flying in the southern states like Arizona and New Mexico.

[sidewinderscott]

she is 1/2 inch.
looks alot like Myrmecocystus mexicanus.
heres hopeing that was my dream ant species.

[StormDancer]

My bet is on honeypot, Myrmecocystus mexicanus or a very similar species.

[Phoenix]

A Worker, Probably Camponotus.

[StormDancer]

She's no worker. She has wing scars that are very easy to see.
Besides, as far as I know, there are no camponotus species that lightly colored here in New Mexico or Arizona.

[Phoenix]

Thorax Isn't Close To Any Myrmecocystus Queen In Size, Not To Mention The Wing Scars Could Be An Illusion Cast By The Positioning Of The Ant's Leg Joints - We Need Better Images.

[StormDancer]

A few more images wouldn't hurt. But I politely disagree on the rest. I stick by both the opinion she is a queen and is likely myrmecoctus. Large, light colored ants like her can only be of a few species that I have seen. At least here in the southwestern US.

[sidewinderscott]

here are a few more pics