u/Creed_Bratton_QM

For context, I live in Minneapolis. I’ve been battling these dang things the past few seasons. It’s finally gotten warm enough that they’re starting to emerge. I just told my wife today that I should put the traps out so we could possibly get the queen, and lo and behold we walked into the garage and this was on the step. I immediately smashed it. Is this the queen? It definitely seemed to have a larger abdomen, but battering this beast isn’t helping with identification.