Ants of the North American Deserts

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The mass emergence of termites at the start of monsoon season is a bonanza for ants. Here an Aphaenogaster albisetosa harvester ant adds another captured termite carcass to the food pile.

Peña Blanca Lake, Arizona, USA

Camponotus ulcerosus major worker, showing the enlarged head she uses for plugging the nest entrance.

Sierra Vista, Arizona, USA

A young Camponotus festinatus queen scales a grass blade to launch herself on a nocturnal mating flight.

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Camponotus semitestaceus

Mojave National Preserve, California, USA

Camponotus ocreatus, with pupae

Portal, Arizona, USA

Major and minor workers of Cephalotes rohweri, the Arizona turtle ant.

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Cephalotes rohweri, the Arizona turtle ant.

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Cerapachys augustae, a blind subterranean insect, is one of the least known North America ant species. It occurs in the desert southwest.

Portal, Arizona, USA

Cyphomyrmex wheeleri is the most temperate of the Cyphomyrmex species, occurring as far north as San Francisco, California. Here worker ants tend to their fungus garden.

Austin, Texas, USA

The mass emergence of termites at the start of monsoon season is a bonanza for ants. Here an Aphaenogaster albisetosa harvester ant adds another captured termite carcass to the food pile.

Peña Blanca Lake, Arizona, USA

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Keywords: desert termite ants insect insects termites predation hymenoptera formicidae myrmicinae harvester ant aphaenogaster novomessor aphaenogaster albisetosa

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Ants of the North American Deserts

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