Showing off my big carpenter ant & eggs

[Gardener]

This is my first year ant keeping, and I've been incredibly lucky with the ants I caught this year all in my back yard in Rhode Island.

The very first ant queen I caught was a huge Carpenter ant. Sadly, it died... probably because I looked at it every day.

I only caught one other one, and I give her plenty of relaxing time alone.

I checked her this evening and took advantage to take a photo so that I can admire her and her eggs all week long. And to share with you all.

I am 95% sure this is a Carpenter Ant because of the size, but I haven't shared a photo of her before.

https://imgur.com/a/4vGNhdI

[SYUTEO]

Yup, definitely a Carpenter ant. Camponotus pennsylvanicus.