Maybe Spine-waisted Ant (Aphaenogaster)

6/30/12 PL DE
This could turn out to be a queen ant that has just torn off it's own wings. Totally awesome.
- More info on ID and queen ants in previous picture's description info:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/27663
a quote from bugguide before he deleted picture:
Maybe Aphaenogaster,
but can't really be sure for the image.
… James C. Trager, 21 December, 2012 - 9:46am