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Messor barbarus causes 50–100% of the seed losses and is the most common ant in arable fields in northeastern Spain (Westerman et al. 2012). These ants in particular made news headlines all over Spain when farmers believed they were stealing their seeds and began a cull only to realise they actually play a massive part of the ecosystem and benefit the production for crop farmers completely.
Messor is a genus of myrmicine ants with more than 100 species, all of which are harvester ants; the generic name comes from the Roman god of crops and harvest, Messor. The subterranean colonies tend to be found in open fields and near roadsides, openings are directly to the surface.
V. pergandei has a head of equal length and width, with very large mandibles.It has short white or yellow hair and a large thorax.Males typically measure about 8.5 mm (0.33 in) and females about 10 mm (0.39 in). [1]
Messor capitatus are known as an Old World species because they release trail pheromones from the Dufour gland instead of from poison glands. [2] Messor capitatus are known as individual foragers that collect food independently of one another but sometimes will also use group foraging to form irregular, broad columns. [3]
Camponotus herculeanus has a widespread distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, being present in most of Europe, Central and Northern Asia, Canada and the United States. . It is common in mountainous regions and is the dominant ant species in mountainous and northerly parts of North Ameri
Formica rufa, also known as the red wood ant, southern wood ant, or horse ant, is a boreal member of the Formica rufa group of ants, and is the type species for that group, being described already by Linnaeus. [2]
The distribution of M. messor extends from East Africa, along the coast of the Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and at least as far east as Fiji. [5] Knowledge of its distribution has been clouded by confusion between M. messor and M. thukuhar , which can only be told apart by detailed examination, [ 5 ] but there are ...
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