Twentynine Palms, CA, USA
7/23/2019
Body:
1. Location of collection: Desert field, Twentynine Palms, CA, USA. It was darting to get out of the light and away from me. It moved very fast..
2. Date of collection: 7/23/2019, at about 9:00pm.
3. Habitat of collection: It was a vacant piece of land in the desert. There was desert type of plants, but not dense. Their were houses and a church on either side of the lot. I caught another later, within about 50 feet of that spot.
4. Length: 1cm.
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture: Kind of a carmel color. Not quite orange or yellow. Covered with hair
6. Distinguishing characteristics: Covered with hair, no apparent stinger and very fast runners. They also seem to play possum.
7. Anything else distinctive: Nothing not already mentioned.
8. Nest description: I can’t see any signs of it ever having wings.
9. Nuptial flight time and date: Unknown.