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Unusual amongst harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex badius is known for its seasonal nest relocations with colonies on average relocating once per year at a distance of 4 - 10 meters along an established foraging trail. New nests are rapidly excavated within a few days with there being little variance in architectural design between the new and old nests.
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 is a genus of harvester ants, occurring primarily in the deserts of North, Central, and South America, with three endemic species from Haiti. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Description
The ants are aggressive to intruders, especially non-resident N. albisetosus ants and N. cockerelli; Pogonomyrmex badius were completely eliminated whenever introduced to an N. albisetosus nest area. [23] Army ants (Neivamyrmex) prey on N. albisetosus. [24] Nuptial flights for N. albisetosus begin by June. [25]
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Pogonomyrmex: Mayr 1868 69 Formica badia: Camponotus badius [118] Pristomyrmex: Mayr 1866 60 Pristomyrmex pungens: Pristomyrmex punctatus [96] Proatta: Forel 1912 1 Proatta butteli: Proatta butteli [279] Procryptocerus: Emery 1887 45 Meranoplus striatus: Procryptocerus hylaeus [152] Propodilobus: Branstetter 2009 1 Stenamma orientale ...
Walter R. Tschinkel next to a plaster cast of a Pogonomyrmex badius nest Ant hill and ant tracks, Oxley Wild Rivers National Park, New South Wales. An ant colony is a population of ants, typically from a single species, capable of maintaining their complete lifecycle.
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.