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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) » Myrmicinae » Stenammini » Smooth Harvester Ants (Veromessor) » Veromessor andrei
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CA Ant #3 - Myrmicinae - Veromessor andrei
Copyright © 2006 Ron Hemberger

CA Ant #3 - Myrmicinae - Veromessor andrei
Baker Canyon, Orange County, California, USA
April 30, 2006
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 28 December, 2006 - 8:25pm
Last updated 20 December, 2010 - 1:49pm

Moved
A rather common ant when one gets away from irrigated areeas in coastal California.
… James C. Trager, 20 December, 2010 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the detail.
Yes, the site is a bit inland and isn't irrigated.
… Ron Hemberger, 20 December, 2010 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

maybe Messor andrei?
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… Scotty Anderson, 12 August, 2010 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Could be, but there appear to be other candidates.
See comments here:
… Ron Hemberger, 12 August, 2010 - 7:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… Ron Hemberger, 2 January, 2007 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

Myrmicinae.
Definitely Myrmicinae subfamily (two 'nodes' on the pedicel between thorax and abdomen), possibly genus Pogonomyrmex.
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 January, 2007 - 2:55pm login or register to post comments

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