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Maricopa Harvester ant - Pogonomyrmex maricopa
Copyright © 2005 Paul Lenhart

Maricopa Harvester ant - Pogonomyrmex maricopa
E of El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
August 14, 2004
Size: 6 ft by 24 ft
This is a gigantic Pogonomyrmex maricopa nest (Maricopa harvester ant). The ants are about 1cm long and apparently have the worst sting of all Pogos, which is saying a lot. They clear out vegetation from all around the nests. You can see the nests from I-10 among the creosote bushes in loose sand east of the city.
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Contributed by Paul Lenhart on 9 March, 2005 - 11:05pm
Last updated 24 June, 2013 - 4:12pm

Moved
Moved from Harvester Ants.
… Charley Eiseman, 11 February, 2009 - 7:08pm login or register to post comments

Here is one of the ants from these mounds

in case anyone is able to confirm the ID.
… Charley Eiseman, 4 October, 2008 - 10:33pm login or register to post comments

Looks
like El Paso to me - oops! I mean the area around El Paso.
… Bob Beatson, 18 July, 2008 - 3:53pm login or register to post comments

Yikes
And I thought our ant piles were bad in NC!
… Lynette Elliott, 10 March, 2005 - 6:58am login or register to post comments

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