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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Myrmicinae » Pogonomyrmecini » Harvester Ants (Pogonomyrmex) » californicus complex (Pogonomyrmex californicus complex) » Pogonomyrmex comanche
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Harvester Red Ants - Pogonomyrmex comanche
Copyright © 2006 Gary Rankin

Harvester Red Ants - Pogonomyrmex comanche
San Antonio area, Bexar County, Texas, USA
September 6, 2006
These appear to be the common Harvester Ants, or as I've always known them as . . . simply Red Ants. Since there are only two types listed in the guide and one is from Florida, is it save to assume this is the other? Just the Pogonomyrmex - Harvester Ant ?
If so, these could be added to the guide for at least 9 months of the year down here in south Texas. (likely more)

Edited to add - by the above statement, I mean that these are active pretty much year round down here except for the brief really cold spurts we have in Jan. & Feb.

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Contributed by Gary Rankin on 7 September, 2006 - 12:24am
Last updated 29 December, 2018 - 1:19am

Moved
Moved from Harvester Ants.
… Steven Wang, 29 December, 2018 - 1:19am login or register to post comments

Pogonomyrmex
Based on the amount of sand I see in the nest crater and surrounding habitat, there's good chance this could be P. comanche, since barbatus seems to avoid sand in favor of gravelly soil most of the time. Those are usually the only two species as far east as San Antonio, though they get a lot more diverse a bit further west.
… Steven Wang, 22 October, 2018 - 8:36am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… George Waldren, 25 June, 2007 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

They are defintely a Pogonomy
They are defintely a Pogonomyrmex species, but one of several which occur in Texas.
… Gordon C. Snelling, 7 September, 2006 - 11:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Ok . . . .
So will close-up photos help? If so I'll try to get some individual shots soon.
… Gary Rankin, 7 September, 2006 - 11:54pm login or register to post comments

 
They may help however some of
They may help however some of the key features still may not be visible.
… Gordon C. Snelling, 8 September, 2006 - 7:19am login or register to post comments

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