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hibernating ants

hibernating ants
Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
March 28, 2018
2nd pic is possibly of queen?

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hibernating ants hibernating ants

queen
You are sort of right and sort of wrong. This isn't the queen of this nest, but it is an unfertilized queen (aka 'gyne' or 'female alate') that is ready to go out on a mating flight. If mated she will then found her own colony somewhere. Nice find!

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