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harvester ants? - Formica

harvester ants? - Formica
antioch/black diamond mines, contra costa County, California, USA
May 2, 2008
nest was under a rock

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harvester ants? - Formica harvester ants? - Formica

Silky Ants (Formica sp., fusca group) - workers
An extensively red species of this group, maybe Formica mocki. Harverster Ants, either Messor or Pogonomyrmex, belong to subfamily Myrmicinae.

 
ahh
thanx ive always wondered who they were.
so if they start climbing up my legs im not going to suddenly want to scream and rip off my pants like Pogo make people do?

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