Location: northern New Mexico, 7200 ft elevation
Queen was found in a scrubby field, near houses.
The colony from this queen already has hundreds of workers - a very fast producer.
If you need photos with different angles on the workers, I can take more photos, as I have 2 pickled in alcohol. Tell me if there is a feature you need to see more clearly in order to ID.
The queen at the time she was captured, June 2016. She is large, 14mm.
Views of workers, photographed today:
Edited by Paulette, June 15 2017 - 6:11 PM.