I found this Nylanderia 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-10-12-2013
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About two days later she started laying eggs.
On 10-10-2013 she had her first workers eclose, and that was when I realized she was Nylanderia.
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