Multiple Queen Ants ID: El Paso, Texas 7/16/2017

[SouthWesternAnts]

Hi, I'm from the Western part of Texas near the city of El Paso and I just got into ant keeping this year. Just yesterday(July 7, 2017) after a thunderstorm I caught multiple dealated queens of different species. Some of them were found together in a claustral cell and others just wandering about in the ground. I'm unsure of what species they each are and if they are polygynous. Here are some of the best photos I could get with my camera(http://imgur.com/a/dzuLN).

Thank You.

[SouthWesternAnts]

The first queen ant (http://imgur.com/9QDlrtM)(http://imgur.com/5koqvkl) and the group of two queens (http://imgur.com/nXrB3JE)(http://imgur.com/hkXkxnP) are around 12 mm in length and the group of three (http://imgur.com/1NEUYPX) are 6-8 mm. The last queen which is an orange color with wings (http://imgur.com/r3mIamB)(http://imgur.com/0Fgmuze) is also about 6-8mm in length.

[Phoenix]

Second Queens Are Something From The Myrmicinae Sub-Family.

[SouthWesternAnts]

Second Queens Are Something From The Myrmicinae Sub-Family.

Thanks Phoenix! I actually found those two together in the same claustral cell. Do you know if they can live together?

[Batspiderfish]

Looks like Myrmecosystus sp., Pheidole sp., and the last two Dorymyrmex spp. The darker Dorymyrmex may be D. insanus.

[SouthWesternAnts]

Looks like Myrmecosystus sp., Pheidole sp., and the last two Dorymyrmex spp. The darker Dorymyrmex may be D. insanus.

Thanks! I didn't know I had caught a honeypot ant species. I have 3 right now; two together and one on its own. Should I place all 3 together or separate them? Should I kept the Pheidole queens together too?

Thank You.

[Batspiderfish]

Keep what's already separate separate.

[SouthWesternAnts]

Thanks for all the help on identifying these queens. I hope I can gather some more this month.