Hello everyone!
This is probably a standard noob question, but yesterday I was queen hunting and, after capturing an ant, I would spend a few minutes observing it to determine whether she was a major or a queen. It seemed that 9/10 times, those ants were majors, even though they were walking fairly straight and by themselves. Their thorax were just not big enough and did not have a plateau. Was I correct in my conclusions? I know it would be a lot more useful to provide pictures, but I did take any unfortunately.
FYI, I live in Nova Scotia and the ants were Camponotus, most likely Novaeboracensis.
Thanks for the help!
Major vs Queen
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Re: Major vs Queen
Yes you seem to be on the right track at identifying them, Also look for wing scars!
Hi I'm Jack, How are you?
Re: Major vs Queen
Awesome, thanks! Since then, I found 4 queens: a Lasius and 3 Camponotus.
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