Pogonomyrmex barbatus alate queen.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA
Pogonomyrmex barbatus alate queen.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA
Pogonomyrmex desertorum harvesting seeds from a grass stalk.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
A film crew for a National Geographic documentary sets up a robotic camera on a nest of red harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex barbatus.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA
The desert sun sets over a nest of Pogonomyrmex barbatus harvester ants.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA
Pogonomyrmex barbatus red harvester ant worker, carrying a seed back to the nest.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
Pogonomyrmex desertorum.  Harvester ants sometimes climb up grass stalks to collect seeds.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
Pogonomyrmex desertorum.  Harvester ants sometimes climb up grass stalks to collect seeds.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
Pogonomyrmex desertorum harvesting seeds from a grass stalk.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
Pogonomyrmex barbatus alate queen.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA
Pogonomyrmex barbatus alate queen.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA
Pogonomyrmex barbatus alate queen.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA
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