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Head of N. albisetosus. Novomessor albisetosus is a medium-sized species with a moderately short body, measuring 6 to 8.5 millimeters (0.2 to 0.3 in). [2] [12] The body color of the ant is ferruginous (rust-colored), the legs are reddish brown and the petiole (the waist) and abdomen are brownish black.
Ants that are commonly called pests are red imported fire ants, acrobat ants, big-headed ants, carpenter ants, cornfield ants, harvester ants, larger yellow ant, little black ants, mound ants, spinewaisted ants, and thief ants. [7] It is known that these pest species can survive through Kansas' less harsh winters. [8]
Pogonomyrmex badius workers transporting a seed to add to their granary Messor sp. carrying seeds into their nest. Harvester ant is a common name for any of the species or genera of ants that collect seeds (called seed predation), or mushrooms as in the case of Euprenolepis procera, which are stored in the nest in communal chambers called granaries. [1]
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis, or the western harvester ant, is a species of ant that inhabits the deserts and arid grasslands of the American West at or below 6,300 feet (1,900 m). [2] Like other harvester ants in the genus Pogonomyrmex , it is so called because of its habit of collecting edible seeds and other food items.
Pogonomyrmex maricopa, the Maricopa harvester ant, is one of the most common species of harvester ant found in the U.S. state of Arizona, [1] but it is also known from California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas and Utah, and the Mexican states of Baja California, Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Sonora. [2]
Pogonomyrmex barbatus is a species of harvester ant from the genus Pogonomyrmex. Its common names include red ant and red harvester ant. [1] These large (5– to 7-mm) ants prefer arid chaparral habitats and are native to the Southwestern United States. [2] Nests are made underground (up to 2.5 m deep) in exposed areas.
Pogonomyrmex rugosus, the desert harvester ant or rough harvester ant, [2] [3] is a species of harvester ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae which is endemic to the southwestern United States, [4] specifically New Mexico [5] and southern Colorado.
Pogonomyrmex californicus, or California harvester ant, [1] is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is native to North America, where it occurs in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. [2] It is best known as the ant that is sent out for Uncle Milton's Ant Farm. [3]