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[ironsickel]

First timer.  Is this a queen?

 

Been considering getting into the hobby, and then all of the sudden I see this girl indoors just hanging out on the wall at work.

 

Discovered on May 27, in northern Illinois, in Cary, IL.

 

 

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[dspdrew]

Definitely a Camponotus queen.

[noebl1]

There was a MAJOR flight last night where I live in the North East of camponotus of several species (so so so so many, it was of nightmarish proportions).  Looks a lot like a camponotus pennsylvanicus which were the vast majority of what I saw last night.  However hard to tell from pics or no size info.

Edited by noebl1, May 27 2016 - 6:56 AM.

[ironsickel]

Definitely a Camponotus queen.

Yay!  I've been fretting over how I would find a queen and one almost literally falls into my lap.

[ironsickel]

There was a MAJOR flight last night where I live in the North East of camponotus of several species (so so so so many, it was of nightmarish proportions).  Looks a lot like a camponotus pennsylvanicus which were the vast majority of what I saw last night.  However hard to tell from pics or no size info.

I'm guessing pennsylvanicus too.  I can try to get better pictures.  As for size, i'm guessing she's around 7/8 inch maybe a little bigger.  The container she is in is almost an inch tall and she can pretty much touch the ceiling and floor at the same time.

[ironsickel]

There was a MAJOR flight last night where I live in the North East of camponotus of several species (so so so so many, it was of nightmarish proportions).  Looks a lot like a camponotus pennsylvanicus which were the vast majority of what I saw last night.  However hard to tell from pics or no size info.

I'm also guessing we had a flight last night as well, as the conditions were right.  We haven't had any rain for a while and two days ago had a massive rain storm.  Yesterday was really hot and humid, so they probably flew yesterday.  

 

Just guessing though.

[ironsickel]

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Camponotus Pennsylvanicus?

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[TheAnswerIsTheLogic]

I recently saw that Camponotus PennsyIvanicus nests with lasius flavus and mymica rubra and they don't atack themselves, this is great.