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Anza-Borrego CA
BugShot 2019
These were the locally dominant species, with huge mounds sprinkled through the desert. Here a worker grabs one of the many spiky seeds that like to stick to photographer's clothing, and will store it for less plentiful times. However its thought that most seeds actually end up going bad - not really a model of efficiency.
Battle-scarred black harvester ant (Veromessor pergandei) grappling with a severed hind leg of a male Coachella Valley giant sand-treader cricket (Macrobaenetes valgum), a protected species endemic to the Coachella Valley. Black harvesters usually feed on seeds, but aren't above scavenging animal parts when a good opportunity arises. Whitewater Floodplain, Coachella Valley, CA.
Saguaro National Park BioBlitz Oct 21-22, 2011
Author: Cheri Boucher, Sky Island Alliance (SIA) tracking, Patty Stern, Christine St. Onge, Tim Cook (TC camera), Dugmar Cashing (DC Camera)
Location: Esperanza trail -- BioBlitz
Location Description: Start @ trailhead and loop clockwise back to road. High amount of human foot traffic obscuring wildlife tracks.
Scientist Primary Taxa: Mammals & Birds
Time_Slot: 830AM-1200PM October 22, 2011
Field_Datasheet_ID: 0360
Datasheet_Record_Number: 09
harvester ant (Messor pergandei)
Note: In the NPS database, the "photo" checkmark is not checked.
A nest of harvester ants, Vermessor pergandei, at Prospector Park, Apache Junction, Arizona, USA. March 12, 2023.
A nest of harvester ants, Vermessor pergandei, at Prospector Park, Apache Junction, Arizona, USA. March 12, 2023.
Making the most of the bounty that was helped along by our nice winter rains.
Henderson Canyon Road, Borrego Springs, California.
March 25, 2024
This cricket has a very interesting lifestyle. It lives in an colonies tricking the ants into thinking it is one of them, and feeds on the ant's eggs and stored food. It even tricks the ants into feeding it! (Ants feed each other by throwing up a droplet of food and then another ant eats it.) I found at least 5 of them under a large piece of wood that was full of carpenter ants. I'm thinking that the oriental cockroaches that I've seen under logs with ants in the woods near me in the past were actually these guys, because they look and behave exactly like one, they don't hop often and run around really quickly. Scroll down for more closeups!
Eastern Ant Cricket
Myrmecophilus pergandei
Best match on bugguide.com. Found in a spot with many alders.
Corythucha pergandei (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae: Tingini).
Meadowood Special Recreation Area, Fairfax County, VA
13 September 2013
Havasu NWR, Mohave Co., Arizona - These guys (gals to be biologically correct) were busily stocking up on dried Littleleaf Saltbush flowers, Atriplex polycarpa.
Formicidae, Ants, Myrmicinae, Pheidolini, Messor, Smooth Harvester Ants, Messor pergandei,
Picture Rocks, Pima County, Arizona, USA, February
Picture Rocks, Pima County, Arizona, USA, February, Brummermann
although the nests seem similar and they also collect and store plantmaterial
Messor pergandei (pergandei)
This tiny ant was carrying two dried flowers to the colony. These ants are everywhere in the desert, making circular mounds in the sand. They never quit working.