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I'm not sure what else they would be if they aren't a camponotus species. I'm far from being an expert, but a black queen ant that big sounds exactly like our carpenter ants. I'm up to 4 right now, which is the max amount of them that I plan on taking, and so far 2 have laid eggs, but that was a few...

Lol, sweet. I was pretty much the same when I noticed she was missing two of her wings. Going to go on a search around my neighborhood tomorrow to see if I can find a couple more now that I know for sure that camponotus is flying now.

I caught a camponotus queen! caught her around 3pm today and I found her crawling around in my garage, but in my excitement and because she was in a high up and awkward place, I accidentally injured her a bit trying to catch her :(, but hopefully she will recover. She's ripped off her wings, so it l...

Finally started seeing some ants around in the last couple weeks, but still not fully sure when they'll start their nuptials. Found a tetramorium (not sure of the local species) colony in my driveway today and I saw an active colony of some kind of formica (pretty sure that's what it is, but know fo...

Anyone know kind of an average date that any nuptial flights start in western WA? I'm new to ant keeping and I'm looking foward to catching a queen, but I'm still yet to see any ants around either despite the fact that it's been pretty warm for quite a while around where I live