Question

[KristijanVelja]

Can fertilized an queens fly?
I saw a beautiful very large queen fly all the way to the fourth floor of my building, straight into my apartment, without further research I concluded that she wasn't fertile since she was flying, but recently I read that queens only shed their wings after they found a suitable place for their colony, did I make a mistake?

[Antloverhuman]

If they are flying there is very tiny chance that they are fertilized. But most queens will just walk to la new place instead of flying

[SolenopsisKeeper]

Can fertilized an queens fly?
I saw a beautiful very large queen fly all the way to the fourth floor of my building, straight into my apartment, without further research I concluded that she wasn't fertile since she was flying, but recently I read that queens only shed their wings after they found a suitable place for their colony, did I make a mistake?

She probably isn’t mats, and you can catch them, Becuase their is a chance.

[SYUTEO]

If they are flying there is very tiny chance that they are fertilized. But most queens will just walk to la new place instead of flying

Actually no, all three of my Colobopsis queens I found could still fly and all of them are showing signs of being fertile, two of them already have workers. It usually depends on location, if they are found near a light source then they will most likely not break off their wings and keep flying because they are distracted by the light. Most queens that don't fly near a light source will often break off their wings and quickly find a place to hide which means that that queen you saw fly into your apartment may be infertile if you found her in the day and may be fertile if you found her in the night, but we'll never know for sure if she is fertile or not until she gets workers.

[SolenopsisKeeper]

Can fertilized an queens fly?
I saw a beautiful very large queen fly all the way to the fourth floor of my building, straight into my apartment, without further research I concluded that she wasn't fertile since she was flying, but recently I read that queens only shed their wings after they found a suitable place for their colony, did I make a mistake?

She probably isn’t mats, and you can catch them, Becuase their is a chance.

Tiny chance… unless, like what person above me said

[AntsLuxembourg]

Can fertilized an queens fly?
I saw a beautiful very large queen fly all the way to the fourth floor of my building, straight into my apartment, without further research I concluded that she wasn't fertile since she was flying, but recently I read that queens only shed their wings after they found a suitable place for their colony, did I make a mistake?

Not sure where you read this but I can assure you that I have caught queens that where flying and they were fertilized. It might depend on the species but I am sure that they will mate and then either stick around or fly a little bit away to find a less populated spot.
Also queens don't only shed their wings after they found a suitable place. Sometimes they keep them, sometimes they drop them. In general the chance of a fertile queen is higher with wingless queens but some queens just drop the wings asap.

[KristijanVelja]

Thanks for the replies guys, took you long enough
From what I remember that queen was either a Camponotus vagus or a Lasius brunneus, I don't remember the size, it was during the night so I guess I should've had caught her but I released her in fear that she didn't have the chance to mate. A shame really since I was really on the hunt for Camponotus queens.