Who is 4.5 years old, has 600 daughters and 500 eggs ready to go for spring?

This queen carpenter ant. I’ve known this bug longer than some people— and I like her better.

@futurebird Carpenter ants are very polite! There were a few colonies of them living in the back yard of a house I used to live at. They kept very clean & they never had loud parties or anything. They're good neighbors.