Yesterday I was out searching for Acorn ant colonies and came across a good size one, I cracked open the acorn and found about 100 or so Temnothorax or Ambiguus workers and about 10 workers of a different species. I cracked open the acorn further which revealed an impressive amount of brood and the queen of the black workers, she is almost exactly the same as her workers but small wing scars are clearly visible. The reason I believe these are parasitic is 1. I have never heard of two different species of Temnothorax living peacefully in the same acorn. 2. I have yet to see a queen for the Temnothorax Curvispinosus/Ambiguus colony. And 3. The Black queen is about the same size as her workers which, correct me if I'm wrong but I believe is common in parasitic species. Below is a picture of the colony and a picture of one of the black workers, I wasn't able to get a picture of the queen.
If anyone can give me an ID it would be greatly appreciated. Also I researched before making this post to try and figure it out myself but I was unable to find any Parasitic Temnothorax in Missouri.
