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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 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 (sensu stricto) workers have the most toxic venom documented in any insects, with Pogonomyrmex maricopa being the most toxic tested thus far. [3] It has an LD 50 of only 0.12 mg/kg, compared to western honey bee venom, at 2.8 mg/kg, and comparable to cobra venom.
Deborah Gordon and her team at The Gordon Lab study the behavior and ecology of ant colonies, specifically red harvester ants.She has extensively researched collective behavior, how colonies operate without central control, and comparisons between the workings of nature and other systems, such as the brain.
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 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]
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 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.