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I found them in Nov 2017 in a small fist size piece of decaying wood in central Indiana. They are currently in a omninest small. I also do not know which one is the queen that produced the eggs. I'm not sure if I should separate the "queens" I also am curious if the smaller winged ant that is next to a worker for scale is a male.
Lot's of questions sorry in advance.
Please help me identify
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Re: Please help me identify
Camponotus pennsylvanicus. Doesn't look like you got the colony's queen. These are unmated queens and males, along with some workers. The rest are probably underground. At least they will be one of the earlier ants to fly next summer.
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I thought i might not have gotten the queen.
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Why are there eggs?
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They are larvae that were presumably produced by the colony's actual queen, but workers and unfertilized queens will also lay haploid eggs which turn into males.
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