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Smooth seed harvester ant (Messor andrei) - Pogonomyrmex rugosus

Smooth seed harvester ant (Messor andrei) - Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Joshua Tree National Park, San Bernadino County, California, USA
October 18, 2008
Size: ~ 8 mm
See comments with the nest opening photo.

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Smooth seed harvester ant (Messor andrei) nest entrance - Pogonomyrmex rugosus Smooth seed harvester ant (Messor andrei) - Pogonomyrmex rugosus

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These ants look more like Pog
These ants look more like Pogonomyrmex rugosus to me.

 
Agreed
P. rugosus. It is not incommon for two or more congeneric ants to occur in the same habitat, not just in these two genera, but in many others, too.

 
Thanks a lot, Gordon & James !

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