Twentynine Palms, CA, USA
7/27/2019
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: 3mm.
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture: She’s got a dark gaster, it looks brown. I didn’t get a clear shot of her waist, but it looks like there are no petiole, and her gaster connects right behind the legs. Her thorax is lighter than her gaster, more red in it’s color. The head seems to be a third shade almost as dark as the gaster, making her appear to have three colors to her. Her gaster has “things” protruding from it.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: The lack of petiole and the stingers (if that is what they are).
7. Anything else distinctive: None that I could tell.
8. Nest description: Unknown
9. Nuptial flight time and date: Unknown.
