1. Location of collection: Santa Susana Pass (Mountains southeast of Simi Valley.)
2. Date of collection: A month or so after nuptial flights, caught foraging (semi clausteral behavior.) If I remember right, it was 6-10-2014.
3. Habitat of collection: Foothills brush, scrub land?
4. Length (from head to gaster): Estimating 10mm.
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: Bright orange.
6. Anything else distinctive: Semi- clausteral
7. Nest description: Average Pogonomyrmex founding chamber.
Head:
Profile:
Dorsal: