Super major or late queen?

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danglyearrings
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Super major or late queen?

Post: # 51486Post danglyearrings
Wed Sep 26, 2018 5:48 am

Hello AC!

Just found this guy yesterday (cold rainy day in Western PA - 9/25). 13-15mm.

A little late for a Camponotus queen, no? I have a colony going from a queen I found in May of this year, same area.

Am I mistaking a super major for a queen??

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DE

TheRealAntMan
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Re: Super major or late queen?

Post: # 51490Post TheRealAntMan
Wed Sep 26, 2018 7:02 am

Definitely a Camponotus Pennsylvanicus queen.
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danglyearrings
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Re: Super major or late queen?

Post: # 51492Post danglyearrings
Wed Sep 26, 2018 8:16 am

Thanks. Is it strange that it's walking along a sidewalk in late Sept? I have a mated Camp. Penn. that I caught late spring...

Bierschneeman
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Re: Super major or late queen?

Post: # 51494Post Bierschneeman
Wed Sep 26, 2018 12:20 pm

what i have on that, is they can fly from March-September.

but september flights are sparse and low population.
Founding:
3 Solenopsis I/X
5 Tapinoma sessile
1 Nylanderia terricola/vivulda

Colonies:
1 Brachymyrmex patagonicus
1 Pheidole soritis
1 Tapinoma sessile

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TheRealAntMan
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Re: Super major or late queen?

Post: # 51498Post TheRealAntMan
Wed Sep 26, 2018 5:46 pm

danglyearrings wrote:
Wed Sep 26, 2018 8:16 am
Thanks. Is it strange that it's walking along a sidewalk in late Sept? I have a mated Camp. Penn. that I caught late spring...
It's rare to find queens of this species so late and they are usually unmated.
An ants' strength can be rivaled by few animals compared to relative body size.

Nathanwalker749
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Re: Super major or late queen?

Post: # 83062Post Nathanwalker749
Fri Sep 24, 2021 10:55 am

Pretty sure I also just saw a camponotus P queen on a sidewalk in Toledo Ohio, almost picked it up but figured it couldn’t be one this late in the year. Now I’m sad :(

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Re: Super major or late queen?

Post: # 83825Post AntsAntsAnts
Sat Oct 09, 2021 1:50 am

Super Majors usually have different shaped heads...
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AntsAntsAnts
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Re: Super major or late queen?

Post: # 83965Post AntsAntsAnts
Wed Oct 13, 2021 5:35 am

So way to know if it is a queen or not after you place it into a test tube is if the ant inside tries to find its colony (in which case it is not a queen ant) for several hours but if it makes itself comfortable and starts drinking water that you may or may have not included, it is most likely a queen. However, the best way to actually know is to wait until the ant has workers...
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Re: Super major or late queen?

Post: # 83967Post AntsLuxembourg
Wed Oct 13, 2021 7:44 am

Sorry if I ruin the fun but I feel that this topic is old enough to be locked. Feel free to make a new topic to discuss your questions and findings. ;)
Doing some proper research is the best way to start an antcolony.

Need help or want to help? https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=18153#p70566

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