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[XZero38]

So I found this tiny lady just strolling across my back patio on friday around 530-6pm

Body:
1. Location of collection (ie: park/area, city/town, state/province, country). Broomfield, CO

2. Date of collection (more important for ID's of queens). 8/29/16
3. Habitat of collection (ie: desert scrub, oak forest, riparian, etc.). Concrete Patio
4. Length (to the nearest millimeter or 1/16th of an inch.) ~6mm
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture (ie: dark redish-orange head, velvet-like gaster, translucent, hairy/bald, shiny/dull, etc.). Burnt Orange color across entire body, with lighter orangeish yellow bands on gaster

 

[spider_creations]

I beleive this is a acorn ant queen

[Batspiderfish]

A Solenopsis thief ant, likely Solenopsis molesta.

[XZero38]

A Solenopsis thief ant, likely Solenopsis molesta.

If this is what she is, is there anything special that i need to do? Is she fine with me just putting her in a test tube setup and leaving her be for a month?

[sgheaton]

I agree with the solenopsis molesta. I've got three dead ones if you'd like to compare. Though yours is lookin' longer that I think I grabbed alates.