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California Harvester Ant
Pogonomyrmex californicus
Pogonomyrmex californicus, or the California harvester ant, is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is native to North America, where it is found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is known as the ant species which is used by Uncle Milton's Ant Farm.
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Range & habitat
Pogonomyrmex californicus is found in the United States in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas and Utah and in the Mexican states of Baja California, Sinaloa, Sonora, and Chihuahua.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 69511.