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Messor lariversi - harvester ant
Churchill Co., Nevada, USA

photograph © Alex Wild 2004

A nocturnal seed-harvesting ant drags a seed across the Nevada desert floor back to her nest

 
USA, NV, Churchill Co.: Sand Springs Dune 7.vii.2004, 39º17'N 118º25'W, 1200m
Great Basin Desert, on sand dunes, 2200hr.
#AW2410, voucher specimens deposited in ALWC and MHNG.


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