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I found this gorgeous lady wandering my kitchen and had to rescue her from my cat. Due to her size I thought she might be a Camponotus Queen given the time of year but I'm very new and want to be sure I know what species I'm dealing with should she happen to be fertilized (I am truly hoping I'm not nutty and she is a queen please correct me if I am wrong). She is feisty and a heck of a climber, she is trying to tear up the cotton, I've put her in a dark drawer in my room and plan to ignore her for at least 2-3 months before checking on her again. I want to make sure her conditions are optimal first, any info and assistance in her care would be greatly appreciated. If you need more pictures please let me know.

I realized it would be helpful to tell you I'm in Washington Spokane area.

Measure her and reply. When and where. Give the absolutely as much info as possible.

Most likely it is a Camponotus Moduc. But we I would not I'd without more info. Try to get a picture with a lot more light and the info required.

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She is a little over 1/2 an inch about 1.3 centimeters
I am in Spokane Washington and I literally found her today so April 27th
She appears to me at least to be mostly black with some reddish brown tint on her legs. I got the best pictures I could but all I have is my phone so they are not 100% awesome. I got as much light as I could so I hope it helps.

Definitely camponotus. Which species can't tell from pics,

Just keep her in a dark quiet place and check on her in month.

She should have eggs by then.
Don't bug her, she doesn't need any food.

Good enough for me as long as O got Camponotus correct. She's already in a dark place room temp. I'll peek in a month or so they are pretty slow growing so maybe 2 months.