Twentynine Palms, CA, USA
7/28/2019
Body:
1. Location of collection: Desert field, Twentynine Palms, CA, USA. I found them in a field within 1 foot of the street as I walked along the curb.
2. Date of collection: 7/26/2019, between 7PM and 10PM.
3. Habitat of collection: They were found in a vacant piece of land in the desert along a wash. There was desert type of plants, in the vacant piece of land. The piece of land was a long thin strip that ran between the wash and a house. This is the same location I was quite successful on the 23rd. I returned because of the heavy rain 36 hours previous.
4. Length: 5mm
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture: She’s caramel colored on her mesosoma, with a dark head and gaster. She looks smooth and glossy, but is covered with fine hairs. The sections of her gaster, has a thin ring of caramel color between each one.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: She doesn’t have a petiole.
7. Anything else distinctive: Not to my untrained eye.
8. Nest description: Unknown
9. Nuptial flight time and date: Unknown
