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After the rains carpets of flowers covered the desert. Now the seeds are ripening and ants are harvesting them. Many plants are offering a small package of sweets with every seed. The ants will carry the whole package to their nests, eat their treat and discard the seed, thus planting it in a new place. This Pogonomyrmex rugosus (Rough Harvester Ant) is just investigating a promising fruit. Pogonomyrmex of this species are far less aggressive as their red sisters Pogonomyrmex rugosus (Rough Harvester Ant) Picture Rocks, Pima County, AZ 10/15/2014
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 03:22:37 +0000

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