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Red harvester ant--Pogonomyrmex? - Pogonomyrmex occidentalis - female
Copyright © 2012 Jerry Friedman

Red harvester ant--Pogonomyrmex? - Pogonomyrmex occidentalis - Female
Española, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
March 22, 2012
Size: About 7 mm long
Is this Pogonomyrmex? Can the species be identified? If not, what would I have to photograph if I want to satisfy my curiosity on what shares my yard?

No primates were envenomated during the making of these photographs.

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Red harvester ant--Pogonomyrmex? - Pogonomyrmex occidentalis - female Red harvester ant--Pogonomyrmex? - Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
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Contributed by Jerry Friedman on 22 March, 2012 - 10:46pm
Last updated 30 December, 2012 - 10:20am

Moved
This species abounds wherever sagebrush grows in New Mexico. Others replace it at hotter, lower elevations.
… James C. Trager, 30 December, 2012 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
There's no sagebrush around here, incidentally (except 3 Artemisia filifolia plants I put in), but I know a place only a few hundred feet higher where it grows, so I imagine I'm in its climatic range.
… Jerry Friedman, 30 December, 2012 - 10:31am login or register to post comments

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