Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
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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. Like other harvester ants in the
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Myrmecocystus mexicanus
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Myrmecocystus mexicanus, the Mexican honeypot ant, is a species of ant in the genus Myrmecocystus, which is one of the six genera that bear the common name "honey ant" or "honeypot ant", due to curiou
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
…densities of colonies. Foragers produce more period mRNA during darkness, the timing of which varies seasonally. Cole et al. surveyed the distribution of Myrmecocystus mexicanus nests, (a species of North American honey ant) relative to the distribution of P. occidentalis nests at a site in western Colorado and found that there…
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Head view of an M. mexicanus worker