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Owyhee Harvester Ant

Pogonomyrmex salinus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Idaho.January 8, February 7, March 10, April 16, May 25, June 24, July 19, August 14, September 11, October 8, November 7, December 7.
United States911
Idaho155
California145
Washington143
Nevada133
Wyoming96
Utah71
Oregon52
Canada18
Colorado9

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
GenusTypical American Harvester Ants · Pogonomyrmex

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