I found this Brachymyrmex sp. queen wandering around under the bright florescent lights of a gas station in Indio, California, on September 13th 2013.
Original ID thread: https://www.formicul...rnia-9-14-2013/
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It started laying eggs within a couple days and so far has a nice pile of brood with really, really tiny cocoons.
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