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[dspdrew]

Location:  Just outside of Caspers Regional Park, Cleveland National Forest, Orange County, California.
Habitat:  Along side a dirt road in an oak forest.
Coloration, hue and pattern:  Queens: orangish red head and thorax, amber and black striped abdomen. Workers: orangish red head and thorax, amber abdomen.
Length:  Queens: 5mm, Workers: 2.5mm.
Behavior: Polygyne

I captured four of these queens and a few workers while they were in the process of moving their nest.
The workers of this colony look exactly like the ones in this ID thread http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/15608

[dspdrew]

These are probably either F. mccooki or F. pruinosus.