Western harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis) make distinctive mound nests on the desert floor. 

Hallelujah Junction, California, USA
Western harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis) make distinctive mound nests on the desert floor. 

Hallelujah Junction, California, USA
Western harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis) make distinctive mound nests on the desert floor. 

Hallelujah Junction, California, USA
Western harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis) make distinctive mound nests on the desert floor. 

Hallelujah Junction, California, USA
Western harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis) make distinctive mound nests on the desert floor. 

Hallelujah Junction, California, USA
Western harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis) make distinctive mound nests on the desert floor. 

Hallelujah Junction, California, USA
Western harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis) make distinctive mound nests on the desert floor. 

Hallelujah Junction, California, USA
Western harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis) make distinctive mound nests on the desert floor.

Hallelujah Junction, California, USA
Western harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis) make distinctive mound nests on the desert floor. 

Hallelujah Junction, California, USA
Western harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis) make distinctive mound nests on the desert floor.

Hallelujah Junction, California, USA
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