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I think she is a Camponotus noveboracensis too. She is about a half inch. Any idea as to how long on the young to be workers?

Found this queen in Michigan on labor Day weekend and now she has what looks like pupa but not sure how much longer for workers. No idea what kind she is... maybe some sort of formica? she is the only one out of 5 found that weekend that has progressed beyond eggs. Last year the few I collected didn...

I ended up using plastic syringes for my queens because that is all I had and my water dried up as well. I am wondering if the eggs/larvae/queen does end up getting wet trying to add water will it kill/hurt them?