Whitewater Preserve, Whitewater Conservation Area, Whitewater River, Coachella Valley, Riverside County, California
Shiny
This specimen was in the top of a harvester ant nest. It was upside down and the glint of metallic gold on its belly caught our eye. We flicked it out with a strand of oat grass and exclaimed in surprise at the bright metallic green of its back. It is clearly deceased.