How long for this egg to develop into a worker?

[Mohammadmacapundag]

I caught this Carpenter ant queen a few weeks ago and finally one of the eggs hatched (I still don't what is it called?) I need to know how long would it take for it to mature into a fully grown worker? I also covered it in red cellophane is it okey to expose it to light then?

[AntsInMB]

That’s a camponotus pennsylvanicus queen.

[AntsInMB]

Sorry miss spelt it the first time

[Mohammadmacapundag]

I know that.

[LaniLyne0106]

A whole bunch of sites are saying 6-12 weeks from egg to worker however I don’t know for sure I am currently raising some camponotus myself and so far it has taken about 9 weeks for mine to go from egg to pupa (life cycle is, egg-larva-pupa-then adult). I would say it’s still best to keep her in a darker place and not disturb her but once a week as the red cellophane only affects some genera ants and not sure if camponotus is one of them. Hope that helps

[SolenopsisKeeper]

I caught this Carpenter ant queen a few weeks ago and finally one of the eggs hatched (I still don't what is it called?) I need to know how long would it take for it to mature into a fully grown worker? I also covered it in red cellophane is it okey to expose it to light then?

Those are first instar larvae, takes 1-2 months depending on conditions

[Mohammadmacapundag]

So how do I make it faster, and yes red cellophane did work but it took some time for them to get used to it.

[Mohammadmacapundag]

The larva is in it's third instart larva state now and there more larva too. This it about day 43 since I caught this ant queen how long will it be until the nanatics come?

[Mohammadmacapundag]

The larvae already turned into a pupae.

[SolenopsisKeeper]

The larva is in it's third instart larva state now and there more larva too. This it about day 43 since I caught this ant queen how long will it be until the nanatics come?

Most Camponotus take 30-60 day to get workers. Rapidly growing Camponotus are typically around 30 days.