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Phyosgastrism or parasite?

Started By FloridaAnts , Jun 17 2022 12:14 PM

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#1 Offline FloridaAnts - Posted June 17 2022 - 12:14 PM

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Greetings!
Recently, I caught a Camponotus tortoganus queen. A few weeks later, she now has a physogastric gaster, growing approx. 1-2mm a day. Is this parasites or egg production?

I don’t have photos of the queen now, but I found her not far from a nest, crawling on a sidewalk of this helps. I didn’t think she was mated but…