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[SleepyAsianAnter]

Caught today during a large flight around 5-7

 

Caught a bunch of these, this winged one was the only one who stayed still so it was good for pictures

 

Spike on back of mid-section, which from my limited knowledge this rules out P. Cali

 

Polygenous/pleometric, when placed together are friendly

 

Found in an area where I have ID'd workers before, with the best guess for the workers being P. Subnitidus, so hoping these are of that species

 

LA area, chaparral

 

Color: Dark red to red-orange maybe? 

 

Length: 8-9 mm

 

Again, my best guess is subnitidus, any help is appreciated!

 

Edited by SleepyAsianAnter, June 11 2020 - 8:53 PM.

[CheetoLord02]

Pogonomyrmex subnitidus seems to be the closest match. While I'm not 100% positive, I'd be comfortable calling that queen P. subnitidus.

[gcsnelling]

P. subnitidus is pretty much the  only spined species in that area.

Edited by gcsnelling, June 12 2020 - 2:19 AM.