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 Western harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis)

Western harvester ant | Pogonomyrmex occidentalis photo
Profile view of ant Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
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Western harvester ant | Pogonomyrmex occidentalis photo
Dorsal view of ant Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
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Western harvester ant | Pogonomyrmex occidentalis photo
Head view of ant Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
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WESTERN HARVESTER ANT FACTS
Classification
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Family:Formicidae
Genus:Pogonomyrmex
Species:occidentalis
Common Name:Western harvester ant


Relatives in same Genus
  Red harvester ant (P. barbatus)
  Rough harvester ant (P. rugosus)





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