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Posted June 9 2016 - 6:32 PM
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Among all the other things I photograph, I often take pictures of ant nests/colonies when I am out collecting.
I thought I would share a few of my photos here, and maybe track how many species I can photograph on my upcoming trip to add.
AZ: Cochise County - 6 June 2015 near the San Pedro River
AZ: Cochise County - 1 June 2015 - near the San Pedro River
AZ: Pima County - Saguaro National Park - 23 March 2015
Edited by JWRay, June 9 2016 - 6:46 PM.
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Posted June 9 2016 - 8:10 PM
That last one I think might be the same species as one of my favorite Myrmecocystus colonies.
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Posted June 11 2016 - 8:38 PM
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AZ: Pima County - Saguaro National Park West
17 March 2014
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Posted June 12 2016 - 12:00 AM
Colony 4 - 17 March 2014 - Saguaro NP West.jpg
AZ: Pima County - Saguaro National Park West
17 March 2014
Looks like Pogonomyrmex rugosus.
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Posted June 12 2016 - 9:38 PM
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AZ: Pima County - Saguaro National Park West
17 March 2014
Looks like Pogonomyrmex rugosus.
Then maybe I am learning something. I collected a few specimens from this spot, and that is what I keyed them out to.
More recently, I collected a few more along the south shores of Lake Isabella that looked very similar and also keyed out to P. rugosus.
But alas, I did not get any pictures of that colony.
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Posted June 12 2016 - 9:46 PM
P. rugosus are pretty unique looking Pogonomyrmex because of their dark color.
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