Photographs by James Waters.

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A Pogonomyrmex californicus worker.

Queen and worker Pogonomyrmex californicus.

Pleometrotic Pogonomyrmex californicus queens excavating a nest entrance in Pine Valley, CA.

Queen, minim, larvae, and pupae of Pogonomyrmex californicus.

Pogonomyrmex californicus queen and minim with brood.

Pogonomyrmex californicus recently eclosed minim carrying eggs.

Pleometrotic Pogonomyrmex californicus queens tending to their brood.

Pleometrotic Pogonomyrmex californicus queens tending to their brood.

Pleometrotic Pogonomyrmex californicus queens tending to their brood with a recently eclosed minim.

Pleometrotic Pogonomyrmex californicus queens tending to their brood with a recently eclosed minim.

An illustration of a Pogonomyrmex californicus worker from a 1902 paper by W. M. Wheeler in The American Naturalist.