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Mojave ants - Veromessor pergandei - female
Copyright © 2008 Charley Eiseman

Mojave ants - Veromessor pergandei - Female
Kelso Dunes, Mojave National Preserve, California, USA
July 23, 2008
Size: ~4 mm
The mound was a 55 cm wide crater edged with creosote bush seeds... When I revisited it the next morning, these ants were there too

so I'm not sure which ones it actually belonged to.

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Mojave ants - Veromessor pergandei - female Mojave ants - Veromessor pergandei - female
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 7 October, 2008 - 3:21pm
Last updated 7 February, 2011 - 12:06pm

Moved
The Pogonomyrmex is strictly diurnal, while the Messor is more crepuscular/nocturnal. In this case, it seems one of the species was foraging in the trash of the other.
… James C. Trager, 7 February, 2011 - 12:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… Charley Eiseman, 8 October, 2008 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

Shining dark brown ants...
are Smooth Harvester Ants (Messor sp.). The red ones with black gaster are Rough Harvester Ants (Pogonomyrmex sp.). It is quite possible that the latter took over the nest of the former in order to plunder their "crop" of seeds.
… Richard Vernier, 8 October, 2008 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

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