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Who e-mail Handle Web site Phillip Pi y Ant The Ant Farm Randy Rencsok y Mr. Ant AntCam Andre Schmidt y Jinei Myrmecology James Trager y Dr. Ant		Prev Top Next Chapter Chapter Page Page

1.2 What does the queen ant look like?

A queen ant is usually biggest in the colony with her fat
abdomen. --Ant

While it is true the queen is usually the largest ant in the
colony, I personally find the most identifying trait is her
large thorax (mid-section). If you compare the thorax of a queen
to a worker of same species, it will be up to 4x larger than that
of worker. While the abdomen is also larger -- sometimes the
workers will have very enlarged abdomens while queen is not
enlarged (or in egg laying phase) at all.

Carpenter ants have workers with nearly queen sized bodies,
particularly the heads. When all else fails, check the thorax
if it is about the size of the head or larger you probably have a
queen. --Mr. Ant