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Alex Wild
@alexwild@mastodon.online  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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.

#Ants #Pogonomyrmex #Formicidae #Insects

macro photograph of a large,slender light red ant standing alert on yellowish sand grains. The ant's antennae are lowered and its abdomen raised.
macro photograph of a large,slender light red ant standing alert on yellowish sand grains. The ant's antennae are lowered and its abdomen raised.
macro photograph of a large,slender light red ant standing alert on yellowish sand grains. The ant's antennae are lowered and its abdomen raised.
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