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Black Harvester Ant

Veromessor pergandei

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 361, February 427, March 686, April 386, May 328, June 241, July 207, August 211, September 267, October 273, November 351, December 310.
California5,117
United States4,568
Arizona721
Mexico397
Nevada231
Baja California198
Sonora197
Colorado2
Baja California Sur2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

Ecological

  • ColonialFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyAnts · Formicidae
GenusVeromessor Harvester Ants · Veromessor

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