Defense, Aggression, and Pogos as Prey
Wrestling and stinging
ants, lunch for spiders, and territorial wars. Pogonomyrmex spp.
ants at various locations in North America.
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Pogonomyrmex salinus
● NW of Mattawa [Grant Co], WA USA [el. 152 m / 500 ft] view location in Google Maps » ● 8/24/08 8:19AM sun/haze, air temp: 18°C / 65°F
[IMAGE 2 of 2] This image was captured approx. 6 minutes after the previous one - and this is a different Pogo. After the Tetramorium worker was apparently dead, at least two more P. salinus workers picked it up, and assaulted it again. After a brief time, they dropped the small ant and went about their duties (at least one of the attacking Pogos appeared to be a forager returning to the nest without a food item).
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