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If you live in the southern portion of the US you should be able to find fungus growers
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis
http://mississippientomologicalmuseum.org.msstate.edu//Researchtaxapages/Formicidaepages/genericpages/Trachy.septent.htm
My parents have like a dozen colonies in their front yard in North Alabama, I have seen them in most of the SE USA out to Arizona.
South Texas has some of the Atta leafcutters like what are in south america.
Slave raiding ants of various genera live through out the US (actually slave raiding as an ant behavior is common in temperate areas) http://www.myrmecos.net/formicinae/slaveants.html
I have heard of people observing raids up into the north USA. I personally have seen 2 raids in my life, they are a little hard to find in some areas.
A good book about ants writen for general readers (with no biology /entomology background) is "Journey to the Ants" byB Holdobler and EO Wilson (the famous evolutionary biologist). I had the pleasure to meet Holdobler and I have corresponded with EO Wilson, both very cool people.
http://www.amazon.com/Journey-Ants-Story-Scientific-Exploration/dp/0674485262
If you have a biology background or want more you can get the book "The Ants" ... same authors. Pretty much the Bible of myrmecology.
http://www.amazon.com/Ants-Bert-H%C3%B6lldobler/dp/0674040759/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b
Not a problem. I would highly recommend reading this book if you are interested and want to explore things more:
http://www.amazon.com/Journey-Ants-Story-Scientific-Exploration/dp/0674485262
Just imagine how I must have felt when I discovered that ants have diplomacy, propaganda, policing, warfare, a waste management system and nest architecture as, if not more, complicated than humans! How could you not love them!
If you want to know more, I highly recommend reading:
http://www.amazon.ca/Journey-Ants-Story-Scientific-Exploration/dp/0674485262
In my own research, it was the fact that what ever I discover in ants seem to apply to other organisms. Its very exciting. Because ants are social, it seems that discovering the hoydens secret of biology is easier. We would have never discovered that we could induce the dormant potential of super soldier ants had they not taken care of these are anomalies in their colonies. They are like humans, they take care of their less fortunate!
This was the first book I bought from my university's book store. It's still one of my favorites, and it sounds like it might become one of yours.
These are castings of species you can find in the US. Somewhere there are probably better quality photos but these are the best I could find. I saw these in a presentation given by Dr Tschinkel and he had a bunch of really awesome high quality shots that might not have made it to the web.
I actually met him and Dr. Holldobler (mentioned in the linked video) one summer in Arizona.
For anyone interested the book Journey to the Ants by EO Wilson and Holldobler is the laymen version of their seminal book The Ants... which is pretty much the bible for anyone that studies ants.
Interesting factiod: You can find some interesting species just about any place in the world... in the US there are about 400+ species including army ants, fungus growers, slave making ants, etc.
http://www.amazon.com/Journey-Ants-Story-Scientific-Exploration/dp/0674485262
There's a much lighter read that hits just the fun and interesting points. It is sort of the highlights reel to "The Ants". It's by the same two icons...Edward O. Wilson and Bert Hölldobler. It's called Journey to the Ants
This book is fascinating.
http://www.amazon.com/Journey-Ants-Story-Scientific-Exploration/dp/0674485262/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1348442082&sr=1-1&keywords=journey+of+the+ants
If you want to know EVERYTHING about ants, I recommend E.O. Wilson's The Ants.
However, this book is quite expensive and very dense. Journey to the Ants,also by Wilson, is a much better option for laypeople. It has almost all the information you're looking for, nice pictures, and is honestly very exciting to read. It captures the imagination and is very... inspirational! Check it out from a library if you can.
https://www.amazon.com/Journey-Ants-Story-Scientific-Exploration/dp/0674485262/ref=sr_1_1?crid=JSDRVFU09F20&keywords=journey+to+the+ants&qid=1565978249&s=gateway&sprefix=journey+to+the+ants%2Caps%2C235&sr=8-1
https://www.nhbs.com/the-ants-of-central-and-northern-europe-book