#pogonomyrmex — Public Fediverse posts
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Always a treat to see Comanche harvester ants. These are found only in the sandiest habitats in Texas and Oklahoma. #Ants #Insects #Pogonomyrmex
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A gallery of Pogonomyrmex harvester ants from North and South America.
https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pogonomyrmex
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Whenever I see this photo of harvester ants working on their nest, I think how it looks as though they planted a decorative tree by their door like they have an HOA or something.
(Pogonomyrmex desertorum, west Texas)
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The genus name for American harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex, means "bearded ant", and it refers to a basket of hairs on the underside of the head that helps these desert ants carry dry sand.
Monahans Sandhills State Park, Texas.
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A California harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex californicus) stacks the bodies of dead fire ants at its nest entrance. Not sure what the story here is. Past battles? A warning?
El Paso County, Texas.
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It has been a while... so have some ants!
I believe these are Red Harvester Ants taken near Lake Hefner in Oklahoma
#Ants #Insects #Pogonomyrmex #barbatus #Oklahoma #Formicidae #Photography #Nature #Harvester
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A near-perfect field guide image of a small harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex imberbiculus, from west Texas. Walking is not the most exciting ant behavior, but I'm happy with this shot. #ants #insects #pogonomyrmex
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A Florida harvester ant worker carries a seed across an inland sand dune. Photographed at the Archbold Biological Station. #Ants #insects #Pogonomyrmex
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Got this shot out in west Texas a couple days ago. It’s a Pogonomyrmex harvester ant sprinting across a sand dune carrying one of her nestmate sisters. The carried ant curls into a stereotypical pupal position to be easier to transport.
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Florida harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius, photographed at the amazing Archbold Biological Station.
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I took the male alates out on the porch for a photoshoot and because I felt sorry for them.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/D-zd2t-c3WY
#antvideo #withnarration #ants #harvesterants #Pogonomyrmex #pogos #alates #flyingantday
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My pogo colony has a bunch of male alates. I hope the queen's fertility is OK. I still see normal workers pupating so... it's probably just something colonies do if they have extra food maybe?
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Here is an example of what they want to build, given enough sand and soil. Hence all the eggs. They aim high! #ants #architecture #antnest #Pogonomyrmex
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Just added meat back to their diet and they are having a massive egg-boom. Used this amber light to show off their colors. Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (or as most call them ‘pogos’) have wide heads and simple little eyes. They mostly eat seeds and can in theory live on a vegetarian diet— but like most ants they can’t resist a dead fly, cricket, or roach. #antstodon #ants #pogos #Pogonomyrmex #harvesterants #cutebabies