Huge Giant Black Ant Queen

[Mohammadmacapundag]

My Mom found a giant black ant queen in front of my door at night time I caught it and quickly put in in a ant tube setup and locked in a pencil box with air holes. The next day I opened the box and found the queen carrying an egg. It's huge!!! With an OVERSIZE Thorax and Abdomen I will post pics If I can. I think its a carp queen but it's jost so BIG. What species of do you think it it? (Illinois Chicago)

[AM1C39]

There have been a lot of black queens flying right around now. What does she mesure in mm? Photos would help.

[SolenopsisKeeper]

My Mom found a giant black ant queen in front of my door at night time I caught it and quickly put in in a ant tube setup and locked in a pencil box with air holes. The next day I opened the box and found the queen carrying an egg. It's huge!!! With an OVERSIZE Thorax and Abdomen I will post pics If I can. I think its a carp queen but it's jost so BIG. What species of do you think it it? (Illinois Chicago)

Camponotus penn is a possibility

[Mohammadmacapundag]

I housed it in a AntsCanada test tube I feared it wouldn't fit but it did. She has an white oval (egg) in her Mandibles.

[SolenopsisKeeper]

I housed it in a AntsCanada test tube I feared it wouldn't fit but it did. She has an white oval (egg) in her Mandibles.

Camponotus Pennsylvanicus or similar species(Confirm?)

[SavANT]

C. Pennsylvanicus for sure

[Mohammadmacapundag]

Hard to belive it's been this long since I caught this ant queen, And now this ant queen has a fair amount of brood.