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They might look like tiny white specks almost, depending on the species . My very first queen's brood just developed into ants and I mistook the eggs for poop at first, they were so tiny. Over time they hatched and grew, but as others have said, it's a process that takes several weeks. The eggs from...

Thank you, batspiderfish!
Looking around at pictures of velvety tree ants has revealed that all the Carpenter nests are actually velvety tree ants!

I found this queen on my ceiling in late July in Oroville, california. She now has 10 baby ants crawling around and I need to know what species she is in order to know what to do next. I think she's some camponatus species considering we have many black and red camponatus nests on our property. Help...