Queen ant I

[Stumpy2cool]

Size: 12 mm
When: 10am 5/28
Where: hiking along a river in a forested region of southern utah, under a piece of wood.
Appearance: dark black
Behaviour: very frantic at first pulling on the cotton on the dry side. She calmed down and stopped moving after a while
Picture(s):

https://i.imgur.com/qBpt1Se.jpg


Additionally: when I found her I didn’t have a test tube so she was in a bait container for an about a week this picture was taken a week after being placed in the tube. There are 7 eggs in the bottom of the tube

[antperson24]

Size: 12 mm
When: 10am 5/28
Where: hiking along a river in a forested region of southern utah, under a piece of wood.
Appearance: dark black
Behaviour: very frantic at first pulling on the cotton on the dry side. She calmed down and stopped moving after a while
Picture(s):

https://i.imgur.com/qBpt1Se.jpg


Additionally: when I found her I didn’t have a test tube so she was in a bait container for an about a week this picture was taken a week after being placed in the tube. There are 7 eggs in the bottom of the tube

She is from the fusca group of the genus Formica.