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Red-headed desert ants - Myrmecocystus

Red-headed desert ants - Myrmecocystus
Saguaro National Park West, Pima County, Arizona, USA
April 14, 2011
Size: 6 mm

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Moved
Moved from Honeypot Ants.

Moved
This and several other red-headed, dark-bodied Myrmecocystus here at BG could be mendax, placodops, flaviceps, but one needs specimens in hand to key them out. If forced to guess, I'd say M. mendax.

Maybe a Formica or a Myrmecoc
Maybe a Formica or a Myrmecocystus, though I lean towards Myrmecocystus.

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