California red harvester - Pogonomyrmex californicus
Family Formicidae - Ants Subfamily Myrmicinae - two nodes on the petiole
Native species. A primary food source of the coast horned lizard. Argentine ants are responsible for a decline in population of this ant, which in turn impacts the population of the coast horned lizard. Havester ants are seed eaters.
El Dorado Park, Area III 10/03/2013
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. E-520, f/22 @ 215 mm, 1/160, ISO 400, No Flash
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Keywords:places/CA/Long Beach/El Dorado Park and Nature Center, Hymenoptera/ants -Formicidae/California red harvester - Pogonomyrmex californicus
