Queen or no? 👑🐜
Was hoping someone could tell me if I found the queen or just another ant? It was a lone ant crawling across my floor. What appears the be a Carpenter Ant. It’s roughly 16-17mm long and has a large thorax. It also, if not visible in the pictures, has what I believe to be wing scars and what I consider a decently large rear. I don’t have any other ants to compare it with so my perception is a bit skewed on if I’m perceiving this as larger than the typical carpenter ant. I don’t typically see these often in or around my house so it was unusual. I figured it was just a large and lone scouting ant that was coming in from the cold front today. I have a few more images but these are probably the best ones. But again, is this a queen or just another worker? Any help is greatly appreciated.