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California Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex californicus)
Photo#240676
Copyright © 2008
Hartmut Wisch
Ant (obviously - but don't know which) -
Pogonomyrmex californicus
Kelso Dunes, Mojave National Preserve, San Bernardino County, California, USA
November 11, 2008
Size: ~ 5 mm
On
Dicoria canescens
(Desert Twinbugs).
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Contributed by
Hartmut Wisch
on 18 November, 2008 - 6:56pm
Last updated 19 November, 2008 - 11:21am
Pogonomyrmex californicus
Pogonomyrmex californicus
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Gordon C. Snelling
, 19 November, 2008 - 5:56am
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Thanks, Gordon, for the ID!
Thanks, Gordon, for the ID!
Along Kelbaker Rd., also at the edge of the dunes, I noticed 'oodles' of crater-like excavations inhabited by some black ants. I'll post a photo later today.
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Hartmut Wisch
, 19 November, 2008 - 11:20am
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