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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Formicinae » Lasiini » Honeypot Ants (Myrmecocystus) » subgenus Endiodioctes (Myrmecocystus subgenus Endiodioctes) » Myrmecocystus mimicus
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Ant, in the company of red harvesters - Myrmecocystus mimicus
Copyright © 2008 Ron Hemberger

Ant, in the company of red harvesters - Myrmecocystus mimicus
Riley Wilderness Park, Coto De Caza, Orange County, California, USA
July 2, 2008
Really seemed out of place
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 5 July, 2008 - 11:58pm
Last updated 4 November, 2017 - 11:47am

Moved
Moved from Honeypot Ants.
… Ron Hemberger, 4 November, 2017 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

species mimicus
pretty common in oc
… Marcus bullock, 4 November, 2017 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks much!
The really common stuff often seems to be way underrepresented in BG.
… Ron Hemberger, 4 November, 2017 - 11:50am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… James C. Trager, 2 April, 2010 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

Formicinae: Myrmecocystus
Can't tell the species form this picture, but the genus is largely coextensive in its range with the harvesters.
… James C. Trager, 2 April, 2010 - 11:03am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, James
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… Ron Hemberger, 2 April, 2010 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

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