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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) » occidentalis complex (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis complex) » Western Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis)
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Ant IMG_7896 - Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
Copyright © 2013 Steve Nanz

Ant IMG_7896 - Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
Kodachrome Basin State Park, Kane County, Utah, USA
March 31, 2013
Pogonomyrmex sp.?

Linked images are not all of the same individual but were taken at the same ant hole.

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Ant IMG_7896 - Pogonomyrmex occidentalis Ant IMG_7896 - Pogonomyrmex occidentalis Ant IMG_7896 - Pogonomyrmex occidentalis Ant IMG_7896 - Pogonomyrmex occidentalis Ant IMG_7896 - Pogonomyrmex occidentalis Ant IMG_7896 - Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 17 November, 2013 - 9:41am
Last updated 27 November, 2018 - 2:18pm

Moved
Moved from Harvester Ants.
… Steven Wang, 27 November, 2018 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

I would guess
P. occidentalis, it's hard to see if the first tooth is curved upward from the second photo but I think I see it
… Derek Uhey, 9 January, 2015 - 9:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Image Added
I added a blow up of that image as well as another that I think better shows upward curved tooth and a third which does not. Unfortunately, I don't have any that are very sharp as I didn't take any tight close ups.
… Steve Nanz, 13 January, 2015 - 3:44am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
This characteristic can be hard to confirm with photos but I'm fairly sure I see it.
… Derek Uhey, 13 January, 2015 - 11:06am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… James C. Trager, 27 November, 2013 - 3:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… Charley Eiseman, 23 November, 2013 - 10:43pm login or register to post comments

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