Found in Westminster, CO
Found during Month of July
Queen found making a Claustral Chamber in a crack of the pavement. Colony of same species found in lawn.
Length Queen is more than a 1/2 cm Workers are less.
Queen started with a light orange-brown coloration has since shifted to reddish-dark brown. Workers have a reddish head and slightly darker thorax, their abdomen is the color of raspberry tea with grey fuzz.
Workers after drinking fluids have have somewhat distended gasters similar to repletes with grey in between the "plates".
Workers of the species seen on nettles, erratic movement when disturbed at the nest. Have no sting
One large entrance covered with plants in a lawn.
Saw alates flying in the morning in the middle of July
