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Ant ID 11Sep 2017 Mojave Desert

Started By Zegorzalek , Sep 11 2017 6:08 PM

Best Answer gcsnelling , September 12 2017 - 2:25 PM

P. rugosus.

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#1 Offline Zegorzalek - Posted September 11 2017 - 6:08 PM

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1.caught: ~ 20 miles NE of Barstow, CA

2. time: 9 sep

3. Mojave Desert: creosote bush and grass/sand/rock

4. 12mm but maybe a tad more, she was a bit bunched up

5. dark red brown, lots of hair, and even a hairdoo on the head it appears

6. um, one petiole I believe, seems to have bands on gaster

7. NSTR

8. nests in area seem to be typical harvester types, lots of dark red ants

 

 


#2 Offline Phoenix - Posted September 12 2017 - 7:24 AM

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Pogonomyrmex Sp.


Colonies

Camponotus cf. albosparsus — Journal

Camponotus cf. auriventris — Journal
Camponotus sp.
Colobopsis spp.
Crematogaster sp.
Nylanderia sp. — Journal
Pheidole cf. parva
Solenopsis geminata — Journal
 

#3 Offline VoidElecent - Posted September 12 2017 - 8:07 AM

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Pogonomyrmex cf. rugosus.


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#4 Offline gcsnelling - Posted September 12 2017 - 2:25 PM   Best Answer

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P. rugosus.


#5 Offline Zegorzalek - Posted September 12 2017 - 5:19 PM

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Thanks a bunch. Now I need to read up more on this type. Have always wanted some of these... hopefully at least one will survive founding.


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